Former world No 1 earns 13-9 win to reach last eight
Robertson stumbles at Crucible against Wakelin
Mark Allen beat the world No 2 Kyren Wilson 13-9 to reach the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield. The Northern Irishman, who had let slip a 5-0 lead in their second-round match, won four of the first six frames in Saturday’s morning session to upset the 2024 champion.
Allen will face Barry Hawkins or the three-time champion Mark Williams in the last eight, with the Englishman leading 10-6 in their match, which will resume on Saturday evening.
Wilson had won six successive frames to lead 6-5 and a see-saw battle ensued before Allen won the final two frames in Friday’s session, aided by a 140 break, to edge 9-7 ahead. Wilson clawed it back on Saturday morning with a score of 78 in the opening frame, but Allen produced scores of 78 and 61 to go 11-8 up and, despite losing the next frame, held his nerve to progress.
