My frustrations were 100% at the conditions which frankly haven’t been anywhere near good enough this season.’ ‘A spokesperson for World Snooker Tour told the BBC: ‘Our

The World Snooker Tour (WST) have come out in defence of the British Open tables after world No. 3 Mark Allen claimed that they should be “burned”. Allen defeated Gary Wilson 4-3 on table two at the Centaur in Cheltenham, but was far from happy with the playing conditions offered at one of the UK’s premier snooker events.

A number of players have hit out at conditions in recent weeks but thankfully Antrim man Allen did enough to survive his British Open first round match against Gary Wilson

Mark Allen has labelled conditions at the British Open “absolutely embarrassing” and said the table he played on should be “burned”.

Mark Allen peeled off two century breaks to ease into the British Open third round, one day after complaining the table he had played on should be “burned”. Allen won a final-frame shootout in his tournament opener against Gary Wilson before the Northern Irishman described conditions at the Centaur Arena in Cheltenham as “absolutely embarrassing”.