 Ryan Day led 3-2 before Mark Allen took control |
Ryan Day admitted he was always playing catch-up snooker after losing his quarter-final 13-11 to Mark Allen. The Welshmen led 3-2 early on but after that Allen took control of the last eight clash. "I'm bitterly disappointed to lose. I didn't feel that I played well enough in the early part of the match," said Day. "I couldn't get it back on an even keel after letting the lead slip. I was always playing catch-up." Allen had engineered a 9-7 lead in yesterday's two sessions of play, and brilliantly protected his advantage. Added the 29-year-old from Pontycymmer: "I was telling myself that we were both going for something that we hadn't achieved so far.  | 606: DEBATE |
"I hoped that he might feel the pressure come on when he got to 12. "It just happened that he potted a mid-distance red in the last frame and got quite an easy opportunity where all the balls were already open. "He managed to keep himself together and a make a good break. I was just fighting for my life." Northern Irishmen Allen, who beat Ronnie O'Sullivan in the second round, goes on to face either John Higgins or Mark Selby in the semi-final.
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