Hendry Beats Mark Allen In Thriller

Seven-time champion Stephen Hendry bounced back from a 6-3 deficit to beat qualifier Mark Allen 10-9 in a first-round thriller at The Crucible.

Hendry took the first three frames of the final session to level at 6-6 before his 22-year-old opponent took the 13th and 14th, with an 89 break.

The 39-year-old veteran made it 8-7 with a 65 before Allen put himself within one frame of victory with a 55.

But Hendry took the next two before scoring 72 in the final-frame decider.

The Scot, who lost 9-4 to Allen in the UK Championship in December, will play either China's Ding Junhui or Hong Kong's Marco Fu in last 16.

Hendry said he was delighted with his performance.

"It's probably the greatest first round match I've ever won in all the years I've been coming here," said the Scot, who pumped his fist at the television cameras after the win...

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Frame scores (Hendry first): 67-0 29-71 (70) 0-87 (87) 13-91 (91) 0-88 110-11 (110) 8-110 (102) 101-8 (93) 24-75 (62) 56-51 80-35 (68) 79-57 (Hendry 64, Allen 57) 32-74 0-89 (89) 71-0 (65) 17-72 (55) 72-27 74-66 76-0 (72)