In the first round of the 2024 World Snooker Championship, a key battle, Mark Allen vs. Robbie Williams, in the end, Allen won 10-6, there was no danger, refused to be upset, and became the 13th player to advance to the round of 16, very stable, congratulations to Xiaogangcan.
Allen, a post-80s player nicknamed "Little Steel Cannon", is the No. 4 seed in the tournament, and this season, Allen has won 3 championships (2 ranking tournaments, 1 invitational tournament), and his condition is still good. The current Allen style of play is calm, especially after losing weight, and seems to want to change a person.
Williams, ranked 45th in the world, struggled to reach the main draw after back-to-back 10-5 Anthony Hamilton and 10-9 victories over Wakelin, with his best results of the season coming in the third round of the Northern Ireland Open and the Welsh Open. The two have played each other a total of 5 times before, and Allen has a clear upper hand with 4 wins and 1 loss, and the gap in comprehensive strength is large, and Allen has no big problem in qualifying.
In the first three games, Allen scored 70 points in a single stroke, won three games in a row, and led 3-0. In the fourth game, Williams won with a single stroke of 86 points and won the game to 1-3. From the 5th to the 7th game, Allen scored 80 points in a single stroke, won three games in a row, and led 6-1. In the 8th game, Williams scored 105 points in a single stroke, 110-0 clean sheet, and chased another game to 2-6. In the 9th game, Allen won 86-0 clean sheets many times, and after the first stage, Allen led 7-2 with an obvious advantage.
In the 10th and 11th games, Williams scored 77 points in a single stroke to chase two games in a row to 4-7. In the 12th and 13th games, Allen won two games in a row 83-42 and 84-47 in a row, and got the match point 9-4. In the 14th game, Williams easily scored 53 points in a single stroke to pull back a game and chased it to 5-9. In the 15th game, Williams scored 86 points in a single stroke and chased another game 6-9. In the 16th game, Allen finally succeeded in winning and advanced 10-6.