“In 1/8 finals Chris Wiklin defeated Mark Allen with a score of 13: 6”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
The 20th World Ranking Vayklin rank was won by Sin Zziao and Martin O’Donnell in qualification to get to the Dream Theater for the first time in four years. Then he knocked Nila Robertson, and then played a fantastic match against the 11-time winner of the rating tournaments Mark Allen. In the quarterfinals, a 33-year-old snowman will meet Zhao Sintoun or Ley Peyphane-both have also been qualified.
This season was a breakthrough for Weiklin-in November he earned a record for himself £ 75 thousand for the finals of the International Championship, and also held in the TOP-16 for a long time to make debut on the Master. Few people expected that he would go so far on the crown, but he learned to play each blow competently and stay cold -blooded under pressure. It was his first match up to 13 victories, but the former Shoot Out champion played confidently and relaxed, ahead of a more experienced opponent.
Allen’s main dream – to win the World Cup – remains unfulfilled again. He continues to remain the most successful player who has never played in the finale. However, he returns to Northern Ireland with a comforting bonus-he became a 11th player who made a maximum of Cruzib, decorating a brilliant 147th break in the 13th Freime.
All the rest controlled Wyklin-in the first two sessions, he went forward 12: 4, making breaks 56, 69, 84, 53, 119, 71 and 75. Allen won the first Frame of the Evening Session 74, and in the next he scored 10 reds with black, but missed on a complex 11th black, and. He could cut the score to 12: 7, but in the 19th Freym missed the brown in the corner, and Wyklin hit him, scoring brown, blue and pink-one of the best victories in his career (13: 6). Chris has already guaranteed £ 50 thousand prizes.
Chris Weiklin: “I seem to be controlled by the match. I show a very high -quality snooker. Mark returned a little to the game in the evening, and I saw with relief how he missed the brown – then realized that he was almost finished. Mark was very pleasant after the match, gave me a lot of support.
A few years ago, I was completely different, and now I have absolute faith in myself. I feel that as a player I really grew up, and now I have no limits for me. I do not want to run ahead – there are many strong rivals in the tournament, and one of them is me. It doesn’t matter who will be the next – the one who is against me will have to show the maximum to win me.
For the first time, I visited here about 15 years ago – I was sitting in the hall and looking at Mark wins. And now to be here and defeat one of the best in the world is an incredible feeling. These were crazy for a few days. ”
Mark Allen: “I lost every dense frame, it seems like seven. This is not like me at all – I usually win more like frames. That’s what the difference was. Chris played very well in some places, but I had enough chances to make the score closer. I can only continue to work and try to get better. It was a disappointing season that does not look like the previous two as stability. ”
Break 147? Everything went bad, I lost 2:10. At the beginning of that series, I decided that I would go to the maximum – I needed at least something that would bring me and warm up the stands. To find out that I brought one of the audience £ 25,000 – it was a honey. Then I had another chance in the evening – if he did 147, it would be £ 147 thousand – there was also a crazy feeling. The audience drove me forward, wanted me to get back into the game. If I cut the score by 8:12 – maybe Chris would start nervous. But I could not tighten myself close enough. ”
On the other table Mark Williams He leads 9: 7 in the match with Hossein Vaafaei before the final session, which will take place on Saturday, April 26, at 2:30 pm. The three-time champion of Mark Williams, who is 50 last month, fights for her 12th quarterfinals, and for Iranian Vafaeus, this can be the first way out in the TOP-8.
Williams made a break 122 in the first frame of the evening, went forward 5: 4, and then took two more frames (7: 4). Vafaei responded with a break 115 and then won a long 13th frame (7: 6). Then the Welshman collected 61 and 50, won the 14th frame, and in the 15th scored fantastic yellow and green, adding brown and blue-9: 6. Vafay has completed the session with a spectacular break 132 and lags behind only two frames (7: 9).
The winner of this match will play in the quarterfinals with John Higgins or Xiao Godon.
According to World Snooker Tour
World Cup 2025 with Snukera
Sheffield (England), April 19 – May 5
1/8 finals25.04.2025
- 12:00. Hossein Vaafay (Iran) – Mark Williams (Wales) [6] – 4: 4 (first session)
- 12:00. Chris Weiklin (England) – Mark Allen (Northern Ireland) [8] – 12: 4 (second session)
- 16:30. Lei Peepan (China) – Zhao Sintun (China) – 3: 5 (first session)
- 16:30. John Higgins (Scotland) [3] – Xiao Godun (China) [14] – 8: 8 (second session)
- 21:00. Chris Weiklin (England) – Mark Allen (Northern Ireland) [8] – 13: 6 (Summary of the match)
- 21:00. Hossein Vaafay (Iran) – Mark Williams (Wales) [6] – 7: 9 (second session)
Chris Weiklin (England) – Mark Allen (Northern Ireland) – 13: 6
The grid of the tournament
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