Mark Allen suffered a a gut-wrenching loss
Mark Allen suffered a devastating loss to Lei Peifan in the Scottish Open semi-finals, despite leading comfortably after seven frames. After racing to a 3-0 lead in Edinburgh and then extending to 5-2, Allen seemed on track for victory and a shot at the £100,000 top prize.
"One that got away tonight," he posted online. "Home for 24hrs then off to Saudi. No rest for the wicked. Best of luck to Lei and Wu in the final."READ MORE: Kelly Cates' net worth, dating life, former husband and new job she's quitting Sky Sports for For Allen, who had delivered a succession of century breaks in his journey to the semis, it's a return to the drawing board – albeit with little downtime, as the world number five is soon off to compete in the Riyadh Season Snooker Championship.
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