{"id":21797,"date":"2024-02-25T21:56:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T02:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/players-championship-mark-allen-battles-to-beat-zhang-anda-in-final\/25\/02\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-25T21:56:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T02:56:12","slug":"players-championship-mark-allen-battles-to-beat-zhang-anda-in-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/players-championship-mark-allen-battles-to-beat-zhang-anda-in-final\/25\/02\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Players Championship: Mark Allen battles to beat Zhang Anda in final"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen earned a hard-fought 10-8 win against Zhang Anda in the Players Championship final.<\/b><\/p>\n
China’s Zhang took an early 3-0 lead but Allen, with the help of a break of 101, recovered to end the first session level at 4-4 in Telford.<\/p>\n
Allen fell 6-5 behind before winning three frames in a row on the way to taking a 9-7 lead.<\/p>\n
Zhang made it 9-8 after a 37-minute frame but Allen responded by winning the next to secure victory.<\/p>\n
A match that was more attritional than free-flowing finished close to midnight as Allen claimed an 11th ranking title of his career.<\/p>\n
“It was tough all day. I gave it everything,” Allen told ITV. “My safety was good and kept me in the match.<\/p>\n
“That wasn’t a lot of fun to be involved in, but I’m very happy to be standing here the winner.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n