My frustrations were 100% at the conditions which frankly haven’t been anywhere near good enough this season.’ ‘A spokesperson for World Snooker Tour told the BBC: ‘Our

The World Snooker Tour have responded to Mark Allen after his scathing criticism of conditions at the British Open, with the world number three branding them "embarrassing"

The World Snooker Tour (WST) have come out in defence of the British Open tables after world No. 3 Mark Allen claimed that they should be “burned”. Allen defeated Gary Wilson 4-3 on table two at the Centaur in Cheltenham, but was far from happy with the playing conditions offered at one of the UK’s premier snooker events.

The Antrim man stated that "the table needs to be burned" after his 4-3 win at Centaur, a venue at Cheltenham racecourse

A number of players have hit out at conditions in recent weeks but thankfully Antrim man Allen did enough to survive his British Open first round match against Gary Wilson

Mark Allen has labelled conditions at the British Open “absolutely embarrassing” and said the table he played on should be “burned”.