Mark Allen has become the first player ranked inside the world’s top 16 to win the Snooker Shoot Out.
Northern Ireland’s Allen defeated China’s Cao Yupeng 65-4 in the final in Swansea.
Allen, who was the top seed, claims the £50,000 first prize and his 10th ranking title.
Snooker Shoot Out is a single-frame game with a maximum length of 10 minutes and players facing a shot clock.
Allen, who defeated amateur Steven Hallworth in the semi-finals, built 16-0 and 31-4 leads over Cao but the Chinese player remained in contention until a number of errors late in the frame put his opponent in control.
“It’s just so hard,” Allen told Eurosport.
“The easiest of shots turns into the most difficult and you feel more pressure here in a 10-minute frame than you would do in the final frame of a big ranking tournament final at 9-9 or something.
“It just does crazy things to your brain.”
