After his world championship exit in April, Allen stated he deliberate to take “a little bit of a break” from the sport to deal with some private points
Mark Allen will play ex-partner Reanne Evans within the British Open in August, 4 months after he requested that she be faraway from a tv studio.
Evans was working as a BBC pundit on the World Championships when Allen stated he did not need her to be in a TV studio the place a apply desk was located.
Allen and Evans – a 12-times Girls’s World Championship winner – have a teenage daughter collectively.
In April, Allen stated he was taking a “break” to deal with private points.
“There’s quite a few issues occurring off the desk which I might fairly not speak about,” stated the Northern Irishman following his 13-7 World Championship second-round defeat by Mark Selby, who went on to win the title.
“It is onerous enjoying snooker at one of the best of occasions if you find yourself competing towards the perfect on this planet with a transparent head. On the minute, I simply haven’t got that.”
The previous Masters champion was practising earlier than the 10am begin of his first match towards China’s Lyu Haotian in Sheffield on 20 April when he requested that England’s Evans be faraway from the TV studio.
The British Open is happening in Leicester from 16-22 August.
