Mark Allen compiled his 600th profession century break in aggressive play as he powered into the final 32 of the Welsh Open on Tuesday.

The Northern Irishman constructed an impressive 141 whole clearance within the third body of his 4-0 drubbing of Ma Hailong in Llandudno.

Allen turns into solely the tenth participant in snooker historical past to succeed in the 600 landmark for tons made.

Ronnie O’Sullivan, who opted to skip this week’s rating occasion on the Venue Cymru, is manner out in entrance with greater than double Allen’s whole.

John Higgins and Judd Trump, in the meantime, are in a race to see who can turn out to be solely the second participant ever to surpass the 1,000 centuries goal.

With Trump additionally absent from the motion in Wales, Higgins has the chance to drag away and has the thousand-mark inside attain.

All-time centuries listing – Prime Ten

13/02/2024

1. Ronnie O’Sullivan – 1,240
2. John Higgins – 986
3. Judd Trump – 967
4. Neil Robertson – 924
5. Mark Selby – 808
6. Stephen Hendry – 777
7. Ding Junhui – 648
8. Shaun Murphy – 648
9. Mark Williams – 621
10. Mark Allen – 600

The Scot, a five-time Welsh Open winner, wasn’t at his free-scoring finest however nonetheless managed to have sufficient within the tank to see off Tian Pengfei with a 4-1 victory on day two.

Elsewhere, defending champion Robert Milkins prolonged his reign in Wales with a 4-1 defeat of Allan Taylor.

House favorite Mark Williams held on to disclaim Sanderson Lam in a decider, with countrymen Daniel Wells and Duane Jones additionally progressing within the competitors.

Neil Robertson and Barry Hawkins had been taken all the best way to a seventh body of their respective victories over Stuart Carrington and Xiao Guodong.

The comeback of the day noticed Ricky Walden overturn a 3-0 deficit to disclaim Matthew Stevens.

Scottish Open champion Gary Wilson, Jack Lisowski, Anthony McGill, and up to date German Masters runner-up Si Jiahui made it by as effectively.

The best-profile casualty on Tuesday was Ding Junhui, who lower a pissed off determine throughout his 4-2 reverse in opposition to Robbie Williams.

Among the many others to proceed their runs had been David Gilbert, Fan Zhengyi, Martin O’Donnell, and Adam Duffy.

There may be an £80,000 champion’s cheque on provide for what’s the last event from the House Nations collection.

A number of gamers – together with the likes of Robertson, Milkins, and Si – are searching for robust weeks in an effort to qualify for subsequent week’s Gamers Championship by the one-year rating listing.

The Welsh Open continues on Wednesday with one other busy schedule seeing the final 64 conclude and a number of other fixtures from the third spherical happen.

2024 Welsh Open draw

Spherical of 128 (bo7)

Robert Milkins 4-3 Jamie Jones
Allan Taylor 4-2 Haydon Pinhey
David Gilbert 4-0 Ken Doherty
Oliver Traces 4-3 Michael White
Jack Lisowski 4-2 Oliver Brown
Liam Pullen 4-0 Rebecca Kenna
Gary Wilson 4-1 Mark Davis
Iulian Boiko 4-0 Ishpreet Singh Chadha

Lengthy Zehuang 4-1 Andy Lee
Anthony McGill 4-1 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Sanderson Lam 4-0 Baipat Siripaporn
Mark Williams 4-2 John Astley
Matthew Stevens 4-3 Louis Heathcote
Ricky Walden 4-2 Andy Hicks
Stuart Carrington 4-2 Reanne Evans
Neil Robertson 4-1 Jackson Web page

Mark Allen 4-3 Cao Yupeng
Ma Hailong 4-2 Rory Thor
Si Jiahui 4-2 Stephen Maguire
Andrew Pagett 4-2 Mink Nutcharut
Ding Junhui 4-2 Jenson Kendrick
Robbie Williams 4-0 Peng Yisong
Adam Duffy 4-0 Zhou Yuelong
Jamie Clarke 4-3 James Cahill

David Lilley 4-0 Victor Sarkis
Ryan Day 4-3 Mostafa Dorgham
Tian Pengfei 4-0 Rod Lawler
John Higgins 4-0 Mohamed Ibrahim
Ross Muir 4-2 Stephen Hendry
Matthew Selt 4-3 Sam Craigie
Alexander Ursenbacher 0-4 Liam Davies
Duane Jones 4-2 Liam Highfield

Alfie Davies 4-1 Liam Graham
Dominic Dale 4-1 Jimmy White
Jordan Brown 4-3 Lyu Haotian
Stan Moody 4-2 Sean O’Sullivan
Zhang Anda 4-1 Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Jak Jones 4-3 Liu Hongyu
Hossein Vafaei 4-1 Scott Donaldson
Julien Leclercq 4-3 Alfie Burden

Dylan Emery 4-1 Fergal O’Brien
Noppon Saengkham 4-1 Himanshu Jain
Andrew Higginson 4-2 Xing Zihao
Ali Carter 1-4 Elliot Slessor
Ben Mertens 4-0 Hammad Miah
Fan Zhengyi 4-2 Joe Perry
Aaron Hill 4-0 Anton Kazakov
Mark Selby 4-2 Yuan Sijun

Shaun Murphy 3-4 Barry Pinches
Daniel Wells 4-2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Marco Fu 4-1 Stuart Bingham
Zak Surety 4-2 Mark Joyce
Kyren Wilson 4-3 Ashley Carty
Anthony Hamilton 4-0 Andres Petrov
Chris Wakelin 4-0 Jimmy Robertson
Martin O’Donnell 4-3 Ryan Thomerson

Ian Burns 4-2 Lukas Kleckers
Tom Ford 4-3 Ben Woollaston
Xiao Guodong 4-3 Ashley Hugill
Barry Hawkins 4-0 He Guoqiang
Wu Yize 4-1 Sydney Wilson
Graeme Dott 4-3 Pang Junxu
Joe O’Connor 4-3 Xu Si
Luca Brecel 4-3 Jiang Jun

Spherical of 64 (bo7)

Matches to be performed from Feb twelfth to 14th

Robert Milkins 4-1 Allan Taylor
David Gilbert 4-2 Oliver Traces
Jack Lisowski 4-2 Liam Pullen
Gary Wilson 4-2 Iulian Boiko
Lengthy Zehuang 1-4 Anthony McGill
Sanderson Lam 3-4 Mark Williams
Matthew Stevens 3-4 Ricky Walden
Stuart Carrington 3-4 Neil Robertson

Mark Allen 4-0 Ma Hailong
Si Jiahui 4-2 Andrew Pagett
Ding Junhui 2-4 Robbie Williams
Adam Duffy 4-0 Jamie Clarke
David Lilley 2-4 Ryan Day
Tian Pengfei 1-4 John Higgins
Ross Muir 1-4 Matthew Selt
Liam Davies 1-4 Duane Jones

Alfie Davies vs Dominic Dale
Jordan Brown vs Stan Moody
Zhang Anda vs Jak Jones
Hossein Vafaei vs Julien Leclercq
Dylan Emery vs Noppon Saengkham
Andrew Higginson vs Elliot Slessor
Ben Mertens 2-4 Fan Zhengyi
Aaron Hill vs Mark Selby

Barry Pinches 1-4 Daniel Wells
Marco Fu vs Zak Surety
Kyren Wilson vs Anthony Hamilton
Chris Wakelin 1-4 Martin O’Donnell
Ian Burns vs Tom Ford
Xiao Guodong 3-4 Barry Hawkins
Wu Yize vs Graeme Dott
Joe O’Connor vs Luca Brecel

Spherical of 32 (bo7)

Matches to be performed on Feb 14th and fifteenth

Robert Milkins vs David Gilbert
Jack Lisowski vs Gary Wilson
Anthony McGill vs Mark Williams
Ricky Walden vs Neil Robertson

Mark Allen vs Si Jiahui
Robbie Williams vs Adam Duffy
Ryan Day vs John Higgins
Matthew Selt vs Duane Jones

A. Davies/Dale vs J. Brown/Moody
Zhang/Jak Jones vs Vafaei/Leclercq
Emery/Saengkham vs Higginson/Slessor
Fan Zhengyi vs Hill/Selby

Daniel Wells vs Fu/Surety
Okay. Wilson/Hamilton vs Martin O’Donnell
Burns/Ford vs Barry Hawkins
Wu/Dott vs O’Connor/Brecel

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