Mark Allen triggered concern after going lacking throughout his Saudi semi-final towards Luca Brecel.
Allen confronted world champion Brecel within the final 4 of the Riyadh Season World Masters and shortly discovered himself 2-0 down within the best-of-seven conflict. Ahead of the third body, the Northern Irishmen was immediately nowhere to be seen.
The Eurosport commentators had been in the dead of night as a lot as anybody. There had been even fears Allen had bought misplaced within the area, which is internet hosting a giant snooker match for the primary time.
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On commentary, Neal Foulds stated: “It’s a very long break between frames, for reasons unknown. He’s been gone at least five or six minutes now.”
Fellow commentator Dave Hendon added: “I don’t whether he’s found out there’s a delay and left because of that. I hope he’s okay, obviously. Luca is staying where he is. We’ve been told there might be a 10-minute break. Not sure why, we’ll try and find out.”
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The thriller was lastly unravelled as Allen ultimately returned to the desk, with it rising he had been affected by a nostril bleed. Brecel gave his rival a metaphorical bloody nostril, securing a 4-2 win with a few of his finest snooker since profitable his first Crucible crown virtually one yr in the past.
The Bullet will face Ronnie O’Sullivan within the last tonight (Wednesday) after the Rocket defeated an out-of-sorts Judd Trump of their semi. Beaten Allen reckons the party-loving Belgian is real contender to retain his crown. He stated: “If we are able to keep that degree of efficiency, he’s going to be laborious to cease.
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“There’s a lot of players who will go there fancying their chances. Luca going there as defending champion adds its own pressure, we all know about the Crucible curse.”
The ‘Crucial curse’ is a reference to the very fact no first-time winner has ever defended the trophy on the first try.