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Allen calls scheduling of his Scottish Open matches 'disgraceful'
Defending champion Mark Allen has hit out at the scheduling of his matches at the Scottish Open after his 5-1 quarter-final win over Scott Donaldson.Allen remains on course to retain his title and will face Jack Lisowski or Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the semi-finals."The schedule for my matches this week has been disgraceful," said Allen."There have been some very, very strange decisions made here and no-one seems to want to take responsibility for it," he told Eurosport."As holder I expected to be first on on Monday but then I was scheduled for 10:00 GMT Wednesday and Thursday with no television coverage, and then last on Thursday night and first on Friday," added the Northern Irishman.The 33-year-old won the opening frame against world-ranked 26 Donaldson but the Englishman levelled with the help of a 57 break.Breaks of 62, 81, 102 and 78 in the following frames ensured that Allen eased into the next round."I started very sluggish and should have been 2-0 down - Scott should have punished me - but I found a bit of form after that," said Allen.World number seven Allen, who has now reached the semi-final stage of
