'There was a group of people in Estonia watching me and cheering me on.'
Mark Allen suffered a painful late night loss in Belfast Defending champion Mark Allen was stunned in the second round of the Northern Ireland Open late on Monday night, losing 4-3 to Estonia’s Andres Petrov. The Pistol had won the last two editions of his home event in Belfast, meaning his first round victory this year took his winning streak in Northern Ireland to 15 matches. However, it came to a surprising end at 1.
I know I was playing the local favourite here, but I also knew there was a group of people in Estonia watching me and cheering me on, and that helped.’ The 27-year-old will now 18-year-old Xing Zihao from China in the last 32, with both having the chance to reach the last 16 of a ranking event for the first time. Allen wasn’t the only big name to fall on Monday in Belfast with Neil Robertson continuing his poor run of results with a second round loss to Jordan Brown.
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