Snooker star Mark Allen had made one of the early season's greatest shots against Ben Mertens on his way to a maximum break at the British Open in Cheltenham.

Mark Allen makes 147 maximum en route to securing quarter-final berth - The world number three had previously hit out at the ‘absolutely embarrassing’ conditions at the Centaur Arena in Cheltenham.

Mark Allen achieved the pinnacle of snooker perfection with a 147 maximum break amidst his third-round match against Ben Mertens at the British Open. This came after he had slammed the Centaur Arena's table in Cheltenham as "absolutely embarrassing",

Mark Allen made a maximum 147 break at the British Open this afternoon on the same table that he called to be "burned" less earlier this week. Allen was unhappy after winning a final-frame shootout in his opening match against Gary Wilson,

Mark Allen made a 147 maximum break during his third-round match against Ben Mertens at the British Open – where he had said the table should be “burned”.Allen won a final-frame shootout in his opening match of the tournament against Gary Wilson before describing conditions at the Centaur Arena in Cheltenham as “absolutely embarrassing”,

MARK Allen made the fourth 147 break of his career during his third-round win over Ben Mertens at the Unibet British Open in Cheltenham yesterday.Allen’s perfect break came in the second frame and put him 2-0 ahead.

Allen won a final-frame shootout in his opening match of the tournament against Gary Wilson before describing conditions at the Centaur Arena in Cheltenham as “absolutely embarrassing”, adding “the table needs to be burned”.

MARK ALLEN left fans lost for words after he hit an incredible 147 at the British Open. The Northern Irish cueman took on Belgian ace Ben Mertens in the third round of the tournament. Allen, 32,