Snooker star slams 'absolutely embarrassing' British Open: 'The table needs to be burned'

The World Snooker Tour person responded to Mark Allen aft his scathing disapproval of conditions astatine the British Open, with the satellite fig 3 branding them "embarrassing"

Mark Allen has labelled conditions astatine the British Open "absolutely embarrassing" and said the array helium played connected should beryllium "burned".

The world fig 3 got disconnected to a winning commencement successful the opening circular astatine Cheltenham aft securing a 4-3 triumph implicit Gary Wilson. However, the 38-year-old Northern Irishman was acold from impressed by what helium recovered astatine the Centaur Arena astatine Cheltenham Racecourse.

"The conditions retired determination are perfectly embarrassing," Allen told ITV. "It’s immoderate of the worst upwind extracurricular and they’ve near the monolithic transport doors open. It’s truthful cold, it’s truthful humid, retired there.

"The array needs to beryllium burned. The cushions are unplayable, uncontrollable. It was heavy. The velocity was decent. There are caller guys doing the tables this twelvemonth and they’re intelligibly not up to it.

"I pridefulness myself connected preparing decently for tournaments with bully conditions and you crook up and you don't get them. It's not bully enough. I kick each azygous tournament, capable successful array study sheets, lucifer study sheets and thing ever changes."

However, the World Snooker Tour (WST) person present responded to Allen's complaints, with a spokesperson stating: "Our table-fitting squad has been accordant for immoderate clip and works to the highest standards.

"The upwind successful the country has seen unprecedented rainfall implicit the past mates of days which tin negatively power the conditions. We person raised the contented of an unfastened doorway with the venue."

Allen, meanwhile, has doubled down connected his complaints astir the conditions astatine the British Open portion issuing an apology to ITV presenter Rob Walker implicit the archetypal interview. In a station connected societal media, helium wrote: "After having immoderate clip to calm down I’d similar to apologise to @robwalkertv for that interview.

"My choler wasn’t directed astatine him and helium decidedly deserved a amended interview. My frustrations were 100% astatine the conditions which frankly haven’t been anyplace adjacent bully capable this season."

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