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WILSON 6-6 ALLEN
It was always a tall order for Wilson to rescue it from this deficit and so it proves as The Pistol lands another red, leaving Kyren to quickly concede.
Allen needed that after losing six in a row and we are finely poised heading into the mid-session interval.
‘Well done Kyren’ – Inspired Wilson charges into lead from 5-0 down with excellent century
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WILSON 6-5 ALLEN (7-55)
Allen takes advantage of the misfire from his opponent and slowly develops a healthy lead on the board.
It’s a bit like babysteps as he tries to rebuild some flow and confidence and a tidy pink up to middle right will help with that.
The frame is within his grasp but he can’t guide a red along the bottom rail to the right corner and it still doesn’t fall when there’s a double kiss off the cue ball.
The run ends on 33 but he’s still in a commanding position.
Indeed, Wilson fails to land a colour after knocking in that red and Mark is still odds-on to level matters here…
WILSON 6-5 ALLEN (6-22)
‘Oh that’s brilliant,’ gushes Neal Foulds on TNT Sports Comms as Kyren somehow guides a mid-table red to the right corner after cueing off the baulk cushion.
It’s followed by a gasp of dismay from the crowd as Wilson misses on the ensuing colour to hand the initiative to Allen.
WILSON 6-5 ALLEN (5-22)
Wilson pulls off a belting long red to wrestle control of the table his way and forces a foul and a miss with a smart safety when he doesn’t get the reward he was looking for in terms of position.
It’s a foul and miss from Allen as he tries to navigate out of trouble from behind the brown, but he gets the pace right on his second effort to touch a red tight to the bottom rail.
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Ding 2-1 Zhao
Bit of a hairy moment as Ding seemed to realise too late he needed another red and black to secure the frame. He ran himself into an awkward position, central, with two reds lined up near the right cushion. But no need to fret, the veteran pulls out an immaculate double into the left middle, allowing him to continue a frame-winning break of 81.
WILSON 6-5 ALLEN (0-22)
There’s frustration for Allen as he screws back too heavily off a pot on the yellow to completely lose position and land too tight to a red below the pink.
The Pistol plays safe up to baulk and settles for a run of 21 when he will have felt he had the opportunity to build more there.
WILSON 6-5 ALLEN (0-1)
Allen nicks a long red from the centre of a split pack into the left corner and retreats to baulk where he hides the cue ball behind the yellow.
The Pistol is very much in need of a response here, can he deliver it?
WILSON 6-5 ALLEN
Allen eyes a fine cut on a long red to the right corner but can’t quite tease it down, leaving it hovering over the pocket.
Wilson jumps in and duly slaps it home before easing a delicate blue to middle right.
A thunderbolt red shows the confidence is now flowing and the world number two begins another assault on the scoreboard.
The lay of the reds makes scoring nice and regular off the black and it’s the colour that once again moves him beyond the 50-mark and within range of a sixth frame on the bounce!
Allen looks subdued as he watches Kyren click through the gears.
A possible century is very much on the cards as he arrows one of three remaining reds tight to the pink up to middle left.
It makes the ton inevitable and when the penultimate red falls the century is achieved with a black to the right corner.
He slides the final red down to the left corner and with the colours on their spots, he seems all set for a clearance but he makes a mess of the brown and ends up on 112.
It’s a very minor irritation as the bigger picture sees him take charge of the match!
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Ding 1-1 Zhao
That will do Zhao the world of good. A prolonged visit, a break of 64, strolling around the table with an average shot time hovering around the 15 second mark. This one is warming up nicely.
WILSON 5-5 ALLEN
Kyren gets in again with a solitary red but overcooks a blue to the yellow bag.
Mark needs snookers but when he immediately misses a red with the rest he throws in the towel, much to the relief of Wilson, who was making hard work of that.
From 5-0 down, Wilson has come roaring back to tie it at five apiece!
WILSON 4-5 ALLEN (61-5)
A howler from Mark not only loosens the pack but also leaves the door open for Wilson.
The 2024 world champion slots a routine red from right to left and plays off the pink, now sat on the black spot with the latter way out west to the left.
Kyren was so out-of-sorts at the start of this match, but he looks to be a different player in this second session as he passes the half century for the second time today.
The finish line is within sight but the groan says it all when he drags the red most north of the pack wide off a cut to the right corner.
It ends his run on 52, but there’s still a lot of work for Allen to do to turn this around.
‘Wow!’ – Ding sees funny side after outrageous fluke
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Ding 1-0 Zhao
It hasn’t been an easy start for Zhao, breaking down early when among the balls, and Ding – far from fluid – has gradually cobbled together a 56-point lead which will end up being decisive.
He snookers himself on the final red, attempting a cheeky one off the cushion, but it doesn’t come off. Alas, the frame is his.
It cannot be understated how much pressure is on these guys with a huge Chinese audience likely tuning in – more so for Zhao, which is natural.
Luckily, this will be a three-session encounter, and you’d expect both to grow into it.
‘Like Ronnie O’Sullivan’ – Ding says Zhao will ‘take everything over’ in snooker
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WILSON 4-5 ALLEN (9-5)
Kyren briefly wrestles control of the table his way with a long red to the right corner and floats a tidy blue to middle right to get into another flow.
It’s a short and sweet visit as he plays safe up to baulk with little to chew on from a pretty much intact pack.
WILSON 4-5 ALLEN (0-5)
Allen plays a sublime long-range plant to sink a red via a red to the left corner. He ends up back in baulk and plays safe behind the green.
Kyren duly misses on his first attempt to duck out of dodge and offers up a foul and a miss, but he adjusts nicely to pull off the recovery on his second effort.
Why Murphy has ‘extra motivation’ to make centuries at the Crucible
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WILSON 4-5 ALLEN
Kyren can’t miss with a red to the right corner and he follows it with a clinical pink to the opposite flank.
A red follows to the same bag and a blue to middle left brings him down for a routine red just above the black to the right corner.
The world number two continues his run by preying upon blue-red combos with the black closely guarded by a wall of reds on its spot.
It’s rinse and repeat on some nice pinks up to middle left and a sharp pot on a red to the corner opens up the black, which he sends down with a deliciously thin cut.
It’s a real beauty and paves the way to the half century as red-black-red moves him to within sight of frame ball.
The Warrior is happy to move up to mid-table to maintain his rhythm and when he sends a pink to the left corner, the applause from the crowd tells him he’s over the line.
The only blot on his copybook is that there’s no century in sight as he fails to slip down the black to the right corner and has to end his break on 71 – but it’s enough to seal the frame and move him ever closer to Allen.
WILSON 3-5 ALLEN (0-6)
It’s Mark who makes his, er, mark first with a neat red up to the green pocket.
The Northern Irishman rolls a blue to middle right but then fires well wide of the right jaw with an attempt on a red down to the left corner.
WILSON 3-5 ALLEN (0-0)
The Warrior takes on a long shot for nothing to the right corner that refuses the invite and jumps clear of the pocket.
It’s a similar issue for Allen when he takes on a red to the same bag and it’s a rather scrappy start to the proceedings, despite the pack being nicely splintered.
Show time!
The boys are due at the balk imminently.
The intros are underway and another afternoon of snooks is upon us!
Mark Allen of Northern Ireland reacts to a shot against Kyren Wilson of England during day six of the Halo World Snooker Championship at The Crucible Theatre
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Mark Allen and Kyren Wilson resume their tense World Championship second-round tie on Friday afternoon, with Allen in a 5-3 lead after the opening session.Wilson will be pleased the deficit stands at just two frames after the opening session, having endured an early onslaught, with visible frustration over his cue.Meanwhile, Zhao Xintong and Ding Junhui begin their highly-anticipated second-round meeting on the adjacent table.Reigning world champion Zhao is looking to banish any talk of the Crucible curse, as he defends his title in Sheffield.This live blog covers frame-by-frame action from the featured match, with full scores across all matches available on the TNT Sports scores page.HBO Max is the streaming home of TNT Sports – watch the match below.
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