Mark Allen through to China Open quarter-final
Thursday, 1 April 2010 12:11Mark Allen advanced to the quarter-finals of the China Open with a 5-3 victory over Scotland's Stephen Maguire.
Maguire took the opening frame thanks to a break of 43, but then lost the next four in a row to the Northern Irish youngster.
Breaks of 64 in each of the next two frames saw Maguire get back into the match, but Allen closed out the win with a break of 60.
The opening four matches in the second round all finished with a 5-3 scoreline.
Marco Fu reeled off five frames in a row to beat Nigel Bond 5-3.
Ali Carter beat Joe Perry despite letting a 3-1 lead slip, with the former World Championship finalist making breaks of 79 and 70 in the last two frames to seal victory.
Mark King and China's Tian were also locked at 3-3 before King rattled in a break of 91, comfortably the highest of the match, to edge ahead.
And the left-hander won a scrappy final frame to seal the win, largely thanks to a break of 43.
