Mark Allen takes aim at snooker chiefs at Tour Championship amid ‘amazing’ Ronnie O’Sullivan praise
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The Northern Irish star is not pleased with the change of format in Manchester
Ronnie O’Sullivan has been pleased with the format of the Tour Championship in Manchester this week but not every player feels the same.
Mark Allen has hit out at snooker authorities for increasing the number of players at the tournament this week.
However, it was decided this year that it would be increased to twelve, meaning there were four first-round matches before the quarter-finals began.
Allen’s position on the list meant he had to play in the first round against John Higgins, beating him 10-7.
He has since beaten Ding Junhui to set up a semi-final against Mark Williams on Saturday.
But Allen was not pleased by the new format, insisting it has ‘spoiled’ the event that he usually looks forward to.
The Northern Irishman said: “They shouldn’t have changed it from eight.
“I was only going to say that if I won the match because it would obviously have sounded like sour grapes.
“They spoiled a really good event, and one we all look forward to.”
O’Sullivan awaits the winner of Allen’s match with Williams having beaten Gary Wilson in his semi-final.
The Rocket appeared to have no problems with the new format when he was asked about it this week.
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