A new surprise at the World Snooker Championship! Succeeded in the maximum break but lost categorically
Article by Alexandru Stanciu – published on Saturday, April 26, 2025, 09:47 / Updated on Saturday, April 26, 2025 09:48
Mark Allen (39, #8 Mondial), the author of the only Maximum Break So far from the main panel of this edition of “Crucible”, it was eliminated in the second round by Chris Wakelin (33 years, #20 Mondial), score 6-13.
At the end of the second session, the Englishman was leading with a score of 12-4. At the resumption of the game, Allen won the first 2 frames, but later gave up and was eliminated. In the next round, Wakelin will play with the winner between lei Peifan and Xinthong Zhao.
Mark Allen, eliminated in the second round from “Crucible”
Mark Allen is another player who left the World Snooker Championship early.
Chris Wakelin, the one who eliminated Mark Allen in the second round, came after another surprise at the beginning of the tournament. The Englishman managed to impose himself in front of Australian Neil Robertson (43, #9 Mondial), score 10-8.
Also in the first round was eliminated the champion, Kyren Wilson (33, #2 Mondial), who was defeated by the Chinese Lei Peifan (21 years, #39), score 9-10.
Also, the former world champion Mark Selby (41, #4 World Come) lost in the first round with Ben Woollaston (37, #44 World Cup), score 8-10.
Mark Allen leaves the World Championship after a historic performance
The North-Irish man has achieved a maximum break in the match with Wakelin and became the first player in history to make maximum breaks at all 3 tournaments in the “Triple Crown”.
Mark Allen managed a maximum break at the UK Championship in 2016, against Rod Lawler, and one at Masters in 2023, against Mark Selby.
With the maximum successful break at “Crucible”, Mark Allen became the first player in history to make a maximum break at all 3 tournaments in “Triple Crown”.
