Sunday, March 4, 2012

Allen to meet Lee in final

Selby loses 6-5 to Northern Irishman from 5-2 ahead

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Mark Allen edged out Mark Selby 6-5 to set up a final showdown with Stephen Lee, a 6-2 winner over Robert Milkins, at the Star Xing Pai Haikou World Open. Northern Ireland's Allen mounted an outstanding comeback to defeat Selby 6-5 and stay on course for the first ranking tournament victory of his career.

Trailing 5-2 in the best-of-11 match, Allen, the 26-year-old from Antrim, fired home four racks back to back to clinch a thrilling victory in front of an appreciative crowd at Haikou Stadium.  "It's very, very good to get through as any win against Mark Selby is a good win but to come from 5-2 behind is even better and the way I played in the last four frames would be worthy of winning any match," said Allen.

World number one Selby had looked in command, leading 3-1 and then 5-2, compiling a couple of centuries in the process. A break of 80, though, kept the Ulsterman in the match and he followed that up with a 79 and a 71 to level it up at 5-5. Allen then clinched victory with a fast flowing break of 112 which was the highlight of a top quality match. - http://www1.skysports.com/


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