Mark Allen won the UK Championship earlier this month but was beaten 5-0 by Chinese amateur Zhao Jianbo in German Masters qualifying last week
UK champion Mark Allen hit two century breaks as he beat England’s Martin Gould 4-2 to reach the third round at the Scottish Open in Edinburgh.
The Northern Irishman, 36, won two scrappy opening frames and while Gould pulled one back, Allen’s run of 107 left him him on the brink of victory.
Gould, 41, kept the match alive with a run of 52 but Allen sealed his win with a clearance of 132.
Allen will face Thailand’s Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the third round on Thursday.
The Antrim man is aiming to become only the fifth player to win a third successive ranking title after adding the UK Championship to his successful defence of the Northern Ireland Open.
His match-clinching total clearance in frame six was helped by an outrageous fluked blue after he had…
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