Antrim’s Mark Allen ran out a 4-1 winner over Aaron Hill on Tuesday afternoon to book his place in the third round of the British Open.
Allen recorded two centuries as he eased to victory over Hill. The Northern Irishman will face either Hammad Miah or Ben Mertens in the next round.
On Monday, Allen has labelled the British Open “absolutely embarrassing” and said the table on which he beat Gary Wilson in Monday’s first round should be “burned”.
The world number three defeated Wilson 4-3 but at the Centaur in Cheltenham, however the win did little to appease his anger.
“The conditions out there are absolutely embarrassing,” Allen told ITV.
“It’s some of the worst weather outside and they’ve left the massive transport doors open. It’s so cold, it’s so humid, out there.
“The table needs to be burned.
“The cushions are unplayable, uncontrollable. It was heavy. The speed was decent.
“There’s new guys doing the tables this year and they’re clearly not up to it.
“I pride myself on preparing properly for tournaments with good conditions and you turn up and you don’t get them. It’s not good enough.
“I complain every single tournament, fill in table report sheets, match report sheets and nothing ever changes.”
After his televised rant he took to X to apologise to to tv reporter Rob Walker.
Allen posted: After having some time to calm down I’d like to apologise to Rob Walker for that interview. My anger wasn’t directed at him and he definitely deserved a better interview. My frustrations were 100% at the conditions which frankly haven’t been anywhere near good enough this season.”