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Champion of Champions: Allen begins defence with win over Figueiredo

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Mark Allen is aiming to obtain the Champion of Champions for a third time in 5 years

Mark Allen started the defence of his Champion of Champions title with a 4-2 obtain over Igor Figueiredo in his Personnel One semi-final in Bolton on Monday. Despite compiling a fracture of 52, the arena amount three from Northern Ireland lost the opening body to the World Seniors champion, but runs of 61 and 102 in frames two and three seen him pass 2-1 ahead on the Toughsheet Personnel Stadium. Brazilian Figueiredo levelled by winning the next but Allen's 2nd century of the match - a 107 - edged him 3-2 in front. The 2-time winner went on to obtain the sixth body to right a situation in Monday night time's most efficient-of-nine-body group final against either Scottish Birth and Welsh Birth winner Gary Wilson or World Championship finalist Jak Jones.

"I performed some factual stuff in spells - one or two shots had been the variation this day," Allen told ITV Sport after his victory. "The match extra or much less summed up my season - a form of factual stuff but a pair of mistaken shots thrown in there. I'll desire to enhance." The invitational match sees 16 avid gamers divided into four groups of 4, with the winner of every contesting the semi-finals.

The winner of Sunday's final will obtain a first prize of £150,000.

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