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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lawrence Ostlere

Mark Allen ‘might have needed a nappy’ after food poisoning battle before win at Masters

Mark Allen shakes hands with Mark Williams after their first-round match at Alexandra Palace - (Getty Images)

Mark Allen shrugged off a bout of food poisoning to beat Mark Williams 6-2 and book a quarter-final clash with either Judd Trump or Ding Junhui, and then

Allen, the 2018 champion, had spent much of the week in bed but recovered from a 2-1 deficit to reel off five straight frames and book his place back in the last eight.

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