MARK Allen will face Mark Selby in the semi-final of the Unibet British Open on Saturday evening (7pm) after beating world number one Judd Trump 5-3 in Cheltenham on Friday evening. The world number three got over the line in a tense encounter after Trump had battled back from 4-1 down to 4-3,

Antrim’s Mark Allen ran out a 4-1 winner over Aaron Hill on Tuesday afternoon to book his place in the third round of the British Open.

MARK Allen has reached the last 32 of the Unibet British Open after a 4-1 win over Cork’s Aaron Hill in Cheltenham. The world number three from Antrim opened the round-two contest with a break of 102 and followed that with a 56 for 2-0.

World No 3 Mark Allen began his British Open campaign with a 4-3 win over Gary Wilson; the Northern Irishman was unhappy with conditions at the Centaur Arena at Cheltenham Racecourse; Allen faces Aaro