‘You’d love to know what’s going on in his head’ – Lisowski concedes frame in bizarre way leaving snooker rival stunned
JACK LISOWSKI left snooker rival Mark Allen stunned after he was defeated at the Scottish Open.
World No.5 Allen twice trailed in the match before claiming a 4-3 win on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the Edinburgh tournament.
Allen, 38, achieved a break of 68 to decide the match in the final frame.
However, during the final frame Lisowski missed a pivotal pot on the red ball to the bottom-right pocket as the red kissed against the cushion.
But Jackpot, perhaps in frustration, then sensationally grabbed the green ball and arrowed it into the far corner where he had tried to pot the red before shaking hands with Allen to finish off the game.
Speaking after the game, The Pistol – who had now achieved a sixth win in a row over Lisowski – admitted he was left baffled by some of the shot choices his rival makes.
He told Eurosport: “As someone who really enjoys watching Jack play, you’d love to know what is going on in his head.”
Alan McManus said of the World No.23: “He goes from a million dollars to not so good in a blink of an eye,” a point Allen agreed with.
Northern Irishman Allen continued: “He plays some great snooker and then misses one in the balls that you don’t expect at all.
“I would need to know what he’s thinking out there because his technique looks perfect, so you wonder what goes wrong, you wonder what he’s thinking, is he thinking the correct things?
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“I think when he breaks that duck he’ll be off and running.”
Lisowski has been to six ranking finals, including five Masters appearances, and has previously been a regular in the world’s top 16.
But poor recent form has seen the 33-year-old not make a ranking semi-final since October 2023.
On his own chances of winning in Scotland, Allen – who last won the tournament in six years ago – said: “I’m glad I’m still hanging around.
“There are three very tough matches in front of me, but it is nice to still be in the hat.
“I’ve played some decent stuff. From a poor start in my first game I played well against Ryan Day and decent there.
“Hopefully there will be more of the same tomorrow.”
Allen takes on Noppon Saengkham oin the quarters next.