The English Open continues on Friday as Judd Trump meets Wu Yize in the quarter-finals (12:00 BST), before Mark Allen faces Chris Wakelin.

Mark Allen survived a scare in his opening game at the English Open, edging out Long Zehuang 4-3 although other top 16 players are already on their way home. The world number three was looking fine at 2-0 up on the Chinese star,

Mark Allen made sure that John Higgins celebrations were cut short this evening as the Antrim man booked his place in the quarter finals of the English Open.

MARK Allen had to dig deep to reach the last 32 of the BetVictor English Open at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood yesterday. Allen, who started the season ranked number one in the world, has yet to really fire over the first few months and was staring at another early exit as a 2-0 lead became a 3-2 deficit.

Mark Allen is into the quarter finals of the English Open after beating John Higgins 4-3 last night.Allen will now face Chris Wakelin in the last 8 this