World Snooker Championship 2023: Mark Allen beats Fan Zhengyi after protest, Robert Milkins v Joe Perry rescheduled

Allen led 6-3 going into the second session, however play was halted on each tables on the Crucible when an activists broke onto the baize throughout each matches at 19:20 BST.

Within the Robert Milkins v Joe Perry match, a person stood on the desk and threw orange powder over it, so play was not capable of resume.

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That match will now start at 19:00 BST on Tuesday, earlier than a rescheduled second session at 09:30 BST on Thursday morning, when no play was initially as a result of be held.

When Allen and Fan returned to the sector simply earlier than 20:00, they got a standing ovation.

Allen was additionally given hearty applause when he crunched the primary ball in following the restart, with the Northern Irishman quipping “I don’t know what all of the fuss was about” earlier than happening to make a century to go 7-3 forward.

The following three frames had been very scrappy, with Fan taking the primary two – which took 88 minutes in whole – to place the strain on his opponent.

Body 13 got here right down to the ultimate pink and black. Fan wanted each balls and missed a fantastic alternative with the pink over the underside proper nook. Allen stepped in and stopped the momentum of the Chinese language participant to take an 8-5 lead into the interval.

Following the break, Allen hammered in an extended pink and made a terrific 101 to go inside one in all victory.

Fan seemed to reply within the subsequent body however missed a medium-distance pink on 31. Allen made a break of 64 however went in-off on the ultimate pink.

However, with simply 27 left on the desk and Fan 29 behind, the Chinese language participant wanted a snooker. He couldn’t so Allen secured a spot in spherical two.

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