SNOOKER: Mark Allen crashes out of English Open to teenager
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Antrim's Mark Allen has been knocked out of the English Open by 16-year-old Chinese player Yan Bingtao.
Allen - the world number eight - lost 4-3 to Bingtao who is ranked at 98 and on his first season on the world tour
Belfast’s Joe Swail lost 4-2 to Leicestershire’s Tom Ford.