Mark Allen advances past Williams in Masters despite battle with food poisoning

Allen wins five frames in a row against Mark Williams Zhao Xintong cruises to 6-2 win over Gary Wilson Mark Allen shrugged off a bout of food poisoning to beat Mark Williams 6-2, winning five successive frames, and book a Masters quarter-final with Judd Trump or Ding Junhui, who play on Wednesday. Speaking to the BBC, Allen, the 2018 champion, said: “I prepare properly for these events, but I couldn’t prepare for this at all as I’ve been lying in bed all week with food poisoning. I just though