Snooker ace Mark Allen spectacularly made up a 147 highest shatter in his third-round clash aacquirest Ben Mertens at the British Open, on the same table he adviseed should be “burned”.
Allen, who skinnyly safed prosper in his uncovering game of the tournament aacquirest Gary Wilson, had lambasted the joining conditions at Cheltenham’s Centaur Arena as “absolutely embarrassing”, going as far as to say “the table necessitates to be burned”.
The world number three, who procrastinateedr adviseed an apology to interseeer Rob Walker on X (createerly understandn as Twitter) for his heated comments, had earlier dispatched Reaccessible of Ireland’s Aaron Hill with a 4-1 scoreline, paving the way for his encounter with Belgian prodigy Mertens.
After clinching the first sketch, Allen carry outd the fourth perfect clearance of his illustrious atsoft, which featured an amazeive double into the middle pocket on the 10th red, propelling him to a 2-0 direct before sealing a 4-1 triumph with a shatter of 77.
If no other joiner alignes Allen’s 147 in Cheltenham, he stands to accumulate the £5,000 high shatter prize.
The snooker star is set to return to the baize for the procrastinateed evening session, facing off aacquirest Chris Wakelin, who overcame David Grace 4-2, including a cforfeit-century shatter of 99 in the fourth sketch.
Earlier on Thursday, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh also flirted with a highest but fchangeed on the 13th red during the first sketch of his 4-3 prosper over Ricky Walden, advancing to the last 16 where he will contest Mark Selby in the procrastinateed session.
Judd Trump, the world number one, proceedd his prosperning streak with a 4-2 prosper over Mark Davis, taking his season’s highy to 21 prospers from 23 alignes. Elsewhere, Oliver Lines skinnyly flunkureed Sunny Akani 4-3.
John Higgins ecombined victorious in a three-hour all-Scottish battle aacquirest Graeme Dott, prosperning 4-2. He will next face Rory Thor, who has already ousted createer world champions Mark Williams and Neil Robertson.
Reigning Crucible champion Kyren Wilson showcased his prowess with shatters of 80 and 95, securing a 4-0 prosper over Marco Fu. Meanwhile, Luca Brecel triumphed over Liam Davies with a score of 4-1.
