{"id":4164,"date":"2024-04-18T08:53:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T08:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=4164"},"modified":"2024-04-18T08:53:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T08:53:45","slug":"mark-allen-on-massive-games-and-ridiculous-match-in-world-snooker-championship-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=4164","title":{"rendered":"Mark Allen on massive games and &#8216;ridiculous match&#8217; in World Snooker Championship draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\" img-container shareable-item wp-caption\" style=\"max-width:540px\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"sync\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" data-rsz=\"shrink\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1930518572.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;zoom=1&amp;resize=644%2C429\" alt=\"MrQ Masters Snooker 2024 - Day Seven\" class=\"wp-image-20365784\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\n<\/div><figcaption>Mark Allen was on hand to make the Crucible draw (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The World Snooker Championship draw has thrown up some amazing ties for the last 32, with Mark Allen picking out some \u2018massive\u2019 and \u2018ridiculous\u2019 clashes for the opening round.<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying finished on Wednesday night and the top 16 learned their opponents for the last 32 on Thursday morning in the all-important draw.<\/p>\n<p>With a string of great players coming through qualifying there were definitely some names to avoid for the top players and they could not all manage it.<\/p>\n<p>World number three Allen was making the draw live on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/bbc-2\/?ico=auto_link_sport_P4_LNK1\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">BBC Five Live and picked out four highlights straight away.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There\u2019s a couple of massive games there,\u2019 he said. \u2018Luca [Brecel] vs [Dave] Gilbert to kick things off on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Ronnie [O\u2019Sullivan] against Jackson [Page], who loves the big occasion. [Judd] Trump against [Hossein] Vafaei, Ding [Junhui] against [Jack] Lisowski a ridiculous match for the first round as well.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Pistol also liked the look of a Leicester derby between four-time world champion Mark Selby and debutant Joe O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\" img-container shareable-item wp-caption\" style=\"max-width:540px\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" data-rsz=\"shrink\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1825135163.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;zoom=1&amp;resize=540%2C360\" alt=\"MrQ UK Snooker Championship 2023 - Day Seven\" class=\"wp-image-20568327\"\/>\n<\/div><figcaption>Mark Selby has a fascinating clash with a player he knows very well (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018What a match-up with Joe O\u2019Connor, two Leicester boys, two good friends so that could be a good one as well,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>As for Allen\u2019s own draw, it might not be as headline-grabbing as some, but he has a lot of respect for world number 45 Robbie Williams, who makes a fourth Crucible appearance this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Robbie is someone I\u2019m a big admirer of actually and the way he came through that qualifier the other day from 9-8 down, he\u2019s a class player but they\u2019re all good players at the end of the day,\u2019 said Allen.<\/p>\n<figure class=\" img-container shareable-item wp-caption\" style=\"max-width:540px\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" id=\"share-item-20643945-133\" class=\"anchor\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" data-rsz=\"shrink\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1486993878.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;zoom=1&amp;resize=540%2C360\" alt=\"2023 Cazoo World Snooker Championship - Day 17\" class=\"wp-image-20643945\"\/>\n<\/div><figcaption>Luca Brecel has a tough test first up against Dave Gilbert (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">World Snooker Championship draw<\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/luca-brecel\/?ico=auto_link_sport_P11_LNK1\">Luca Brecel vs Dave Gilbert<br \/>Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan vs Jackson Page<br \/>Judd Trump vs Hossein Vafaei<br \/>Mark Allen vs Robbie Williams<br \/>Mark Selby vs Joe O\u2019Connor<br \/>Mark Williams vs Si Jiahui<br \/>Ding Junhui vs Jack Lisowski<br \/>Shaun Murphy vs Lyu Haotian<br \/>Ali Carter vs Stephen Maguire<br \/>Gary Wilson vs Stuart Bingham<br \/>Zhang Anda vs Jak Jones<br \/>Kyren Wilson vs Dominic Dale<br \/>John Higgins vs Jamie Jones<br \/>Tom Ford vs Ricky Walden<br \/>Barry Hawkins vs Ryan Day<br \/>Robert Milkins vs Pang Junxu<\/p>\n<p>The World Championship first round schedule is available here.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\"><br \/>\n\tMORE : Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan signs up to three-year Saudi snooker deal<br \/>\n\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\"><br \/>\n\tMORE : Neil Robertson stunned in dramatic World Snooker Championship qualifying defeat<br \/>\n\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"\/><br \/>\n<strong>Facebook,\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Article below content widget area --><\/p>\n<p class=\"follow-promo\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-align-center aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/210902_LikeSport_Snooker-a2d9.png?w=540&amp;strip=true&amp;quality=90\" alt=\"Snooker\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\"\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n              window.fbApi = (function () {\n                var fbApiInit = false;\n                var awaitingReady = [];\n                var notifyQ = function () {\n                  var i = 0,\n                    l = awaitingReady.length;\n                  for (i = 0; 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