Allen rallies from 5-3 down to win 10-6 in first round
‘I had a few drinks, a bit of bad food, slept really well’
Mark Allen revealed how “bad food” and a few drinks fuelled his surge into the second round of the World Snooker Championship after he swallowed up a two-frame overnight deficit to crush Zhang Anda 10-6 at the Crucible.
The 40-year-old was so disillusioned with his display on Saturday, when he failed to rustle up a break over 50, that he set about drowning his sorrows in Sheffield. Allen then returned on Sunday to rifle three centuries in a six-frame streak and advance to the last 16.
“After the match yesterday I had a few drinks, I got a burger,” Allen said. “I just thought I can’t play any worse than I played yesterday. I was so down on myself that I didn’t really want to talk to anyone after that session.
