According to Mark Allen, ‘players hold the power’ to secure the sport’s future.
In response to criticism directed towards the World Snooker Tour, Mark Allen has stated that “players ultimately hold the power” over the sport’s future.
With a recent apology, the world number four said that the sport was in “disarray” and attacked the tour.
But snooker is a “long way away” from reaching its peak, according to Allen, who takes on John Higgins in the Champion of Champions semi-final on Saturday.
When asked if changes ought to be player-led, Allen responded, “I think so.”
“In the end, I believe the power lies with the players. I believe that changes are necessary because the game cannot survive without the best players.
“I believe that the sport is still a long way from reaching its full potential. I would be happy to have a quiet discussion about it with the individuals who make those decisions when we sit down.
“Hopefully we can sit down and amicably come to a good settlement.”
Allen apologizes for his remarks about World Snooker.
Allen claims that WST player contracts are overly onerous.
During the previous season, the 37-year-old won the World Grand Prix, the UK Championship, and the Northern Ireland Open.
He was named the 2022–2023 World Snooker Tour Player of the Year due to his achievements on the table.
To cap off an incredible year, Allen will try to defend his UK Championship title in York later this month.
“It’s been the best 12 months of my career and it would be nice to finish it off with a win – Champion of Champions or UK Championships, I’ll take any of them,” said Allen.
“My goal is to top the world rankings. I aspire to win a world title. Although the season hasn’t gotten off to the best start, there are still many tournaments left and a long way to go.
“I still think I can be the world champion at the end of the season.” Both will be resolved if I win the world championship.
“Those are the end objectives. I wanted to be the world champion and number one player when I lifted a cue for the first time at the age of twelve.”They are within my grasp now.
They weren’t a few years ago but they are now.
I keep working hard and I believe I can get there.”
Pakistani cueists win bronze and silver in the World Snooker ChampionshipLAHORE-Pakistani cueists Ahsan Ramzan and Naseem Akhtar claimed silver and bronze medals respectively in the IBSF World 6 Red Snooker Championship 2023 at Doha, Qatar on Wednesday.
Pakistan’s Ahsan Ramzan lost to Michael Georgiou of Cyprus in the final. Michael played well against the Pakistani snooker champ and downed him by 6-4 (22-36, 39-7(39), 30-37, 34-26(34), 13-48(31), 33-22, 12-50, 47-06, 71-0(71), 41-20) in the final.
Earlier in the semifinals, Ahsan defeated Ali Alobaidli of Qatar by 6-4 (57-0, 35-32, 41-10, 12-43, 35-18, 14-39, 14-31, 0-46(36), 37-25, 41-01) and Michael beat Pakistan’s Muhammad Naseem Akhtar by 6-5 (65-0(64), 06-42(33), 39-22(33), 68-0(68), 25-44, 67-0(67), 0-40, 4-44, 46-08(37), 0-45(41), 32-24) to earn places in the final.
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