Table at British Open 'should be burnt' - Allen

Mark Allen has branded conditions astatine nan British Open arsenic "absolutely embarrassing" and said nan array connected which he hit Gary Wilson should beryllium "burnt."

The world number 3 from Northern Ireland overcame Wilson by a people of 4-3 but was near disappointment astatine nan lucifer being staged connected array two.

"The conditions out location are perfectly embarrassing," he told ITV.

"Some of nan worst upwind extracurricular and they've near nan monolithic carrier doors open. It's truthful cold, it's truthful humid, retired there. 

"The array needs burnt."

Allen said it was "not bully enough" for a tourney for illustration nan British Open.

"The cushions are unplayable, uncontrollable. It was heavy. The velocity was decent

"There's caller guys doing nan tables this twelvemonth and they're intelligibly not up to it.

"I pridefulness myself connected preparing decently for tournaments pinch bully conditions and you move up and you don't get them. It's not bully enough."

Allen, who was runner up astatine nan British Open successful 2022, will look Aaron Hill successful nan adjacent round, but nan 38-year-old does not expect his complaints to person immoderate impact.

"I kick each azygous tournament, capable successful array study sheets, lucifer study sheets and thing ever changes."

A spokesperson for World Snooker Tour [WST] told BBC Sport: "Our array fitting squad has been accordant for immoderate clip and useful to nan highest standards.

"The upwind successful nan area has seen unprecedented rainfall complete nan past mates of days which tin negatively power nan conditions.

"We person raised nan rumor of an unfastened doorway pinch nan venue."