Monday, March 5, 2012

Allen makes his Mark in China

First ranking title for easy winner


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Mark Allen claimed his first ever ranking title by hammering Stephen Lee 10-1 to claim the Star Xing Pai Haikou World Open. 

Runner-up at last year's UK Championship, Allen has finally gone one better and picks up a first prize of £75,000 to boot. The 26 year-old from Antrim carried a huge 8-1 lead into the evening session and two frames were all that were required for Allen to seal a magnificent victory. He took a scrappy tenth frame before a marvellous clearance of 104 saw him cruise past the finishing post in quick time, wrapping up the the most one-sided ranking event final since Stephen Maguire beat David Gray 10-1 at the 2004 UK Championship.
The damage had already been done in the afternoon as Allen weighed in with breaks of 104, 50, 127, 53, 55 and 123 to put the match well under his control. Lee had no real answer, as he looked out of sorts in sharp contrast to some of his blistering performances throughout the week. - http://www1.skysports.com/
 
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