Ronnie O’Sullivan has sent a warning to Mark Allen following the 36-year-old’s UK Championship victory. ‘The Rocket’ watched on as his rival’s sparkling form continued to win his maiden title at the event yesterday.
Finding himself 6-1 down, Allen produced a sensational comeback to defeat the spirited Ding Junhui 10-7 in York. The Northern Irishman raised his game and made breaks of 79, 60, 93, 132, 56, 59 and 109 in consecutive frames to help turn the match around.
After clinching one of the biggest titles on the snooker circuit, O’Sullivan, who’s won the event a record seven times, highlighted the pressure Allen will now be under moving forward. “It gives you great confidence, winning. Definitely you can start to win tournaments not playing great, it’s weird how that sort of thing happens,” the snooker legend told Eurosport. "But naturally it becomes a bit of a target on his back now. They’ll all be revved up for him.
