Mark Allen beat John Higgins 10-7 in hard-fought encounter to maneuver into the quarter-finals of the Tour Championship in Manchester.

Higgins led 4-1 throughout Monday’s opening session however Allen compiled an outstanding 123 break on his approach to levelling issues.

Whereas the duo traded the following 4 frames, two centuries and a run of 93 helped the Northern Irishman draw back from Scotland’s Higgins.

Allen faces China’s Ding Junhui within the final eight on Wednesday (19:00 BST).

“I used to be hanging in there firstly,” mentioned the 38-year-old Allen. “He (Higgins) froze me out, however to get out of the sooner session at 4-4 I used to be joyful about.

“It’s wonderful margins in these matches. I received three frames on the black and I additionally received a body with John touching a ball along with his sleeve so it may have been a really totally different scoreline.”

It was a composed efficiency from Allen, who grew stronger as the competition wore on in entrance of wholesome crowd attending the primary rating occasion performed in central Manchester.

He additionally benefitted from popping out on high in three frames selected the black – crucially profitable the seventh body to cut back the arrears to 4-3. Allen then took the 14th body to open up a two-frame lead at 8-6 after Higgins noticed a protracted pink rattle within the jaws of the left nook pocket.

Whereas four-time world champion Higgins seemed assured among the many balls compiling a half century in every of the frames he received, he was let down by his lengthy sport and the concession of uncharacteristic fouls.

Higgins sportingly known as one on himself for touching the white twice and likewise brushed the inexperienced along with his shirt within the sixteenth body when he was in, presenting Allen with the prospect to take the body at one go to on his return to the desk.