Embarrassing’ British Open snooker table should be ‘burned’, says Mark Allen - The Northern Irishman fumed at the conditions in Cheltenham after beating Gary Wilson in the first round

The World Snooker Tour (WST) have come out in defence of the British Open tables after world No. 3 Mark Allen claimed that they should be “burned”. Allen defeated Gary Wilson 4-3 on table two at the Centaur in Cheltenham, but was far from happy with the playing conditions offered at one of the UK’s premier snooker events.

Mark Allen was in furious mood with the conditions at the British Open on Monday, despite winning his opening match, as he claimed the table should be burned. Allen had a tough first round draw against Gary Wilson but came through 4-3 to book a clash with Aaron Hill on Tuesday afternoon.

The World Snooker Tour have responded to Mark Allen after his scathing criticism of conditions at the British Open, with the world number three branding them "embarrassing"

World No 3 Mark Allen has called for the tables at the British Open to be 'burned' in a furious rant about the conditions at the Cheltenham venue. The British Open got underway on Monday with Ronnie O'Sullivan pulling out of the tournament just hours before his scheduled first-round match.

Mark Allen has labelled conditions at the British Open “absolutely embarrassing” and said the table he played on should be “burned”.