Snooker champion Mark Allen pulls savage prank on troll who abused him after shock defeat at World Open

SNOOKER star Mark Allen got savage payback on a troll who abused him following defeat in the World Open in China.

Allen was beaten 5-3 defeat by Welshman Daniel Wells and came under criticism online.

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The Northern Irishman responded to his loss with a bizarre post on X by promoting a painting and decorating service, accompanied with a phone number.

But he later clarified that the digits in fact belonged to a social media troll and the upload was just payback.

Allen said: “The phone number from my previous tweet is from an account who decided to send me some abuse after today’s loss.

“I just thought I’d have a little fun at their expense. If you need any painting and decorating done I recommend someone you know.”

Wells took the opening two frames following a slow start from Allen.

The Players Championship winner got himself back level at 2-2 after a gruelling two hours and 20 minutes.

But Wells made back-to-back breaks of 63 and 78 to steal back his lead.

Allen responded with the only century break of the match, knocking in 103, but Wells replied with a 63 to produce the biggest shock of the tournament.

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Elsewhere in the tournament, Ronnie O’Sullivan takes on Michael White.

But Both Ben Woollaston and Fan Zhengyi are already into the second round because they scored walkovers against Iulian Boiko and David Gilbert.