Allen progresses to quarter-finals

Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen tonight has become the first man to reach the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship as he completed a thumping 13-5 win against England’s Mark Davis.

Davis had won the first two frames of the match but Allen then took control and made three centuries in the match, including yesterday’s 146 and runs of 131 and 101 in the final two frames.

Allen, 24, said: “I’ve started to close out matches pretty well now and to finish with two centuries was an added bonus.

“I feel like that form’s been coming because I’ve been making seventies and eighties every time I get in and scoring well.”