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Mark Allen advances past Williams in Masters despite battle with food poisoning

Mark Allen lines up a shot during his 6-2 win against Mark Williams
Mark Allen lines up a shot during his 6-2 win against Mark Williams at the Masters tournament. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA

Mark Allen shrugged off a bout of food poisoning to beat Mark Williams 6-2, winning five successive frames, and book a Masters quarter-final with Judd Trump or Ding Junhui, who play on Wednesday.

Speaking to the BBC, Allen, the 2018 champion, said: “I prepare properly for these events, but I couldn’t prepare for this at all as I’ve been lying in bed all week with food poisoning. I just thought: ‘Go out there and give my best.’ I wouldn’t have had much left if it had got much closer.”

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