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.

Northern Irish snooker player Mark Allen criticized the playing conditions after his tight 4-3 victory over Gary Wilson in the first round of the British Open. Allen called the conditions embarrassing,

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

Mark Allen was far from impressed with conditions at the British Open in Cheltenham - despite the world No.3 beating Gary Wilson in his opening match.

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.

The Antrim man stated that "the table needs to be burned" after his 4-3 win at Centaur, a venue at Cheltenham racecourse