Frame 10: 34 break from Allen followed by a 11 from King, cagey start, King giving foul points to Allen, the Northern Irish man has a chance to wrap this frame up, a break of 42 seals it. 5-5.
Frame 11: 45 from King good break, comeback 35 from Allen back in the frame, a stunning long red sets up a total clearance of 29 up to black 6-5 Allen.
Frame 12: 29 from King to start in this one, scrappy at the moment, Allen going for snookers, long safety battle with snookers, Allen pots brown to black 7-5.
Frame 13: 39 from King, a beauty of a long red from Allen only 15 from Allen blue stays out, King comes back and wraps the frame up game on at the mid session interval 7-6 Allen.
Frame 14: Slow, scrappy start to this frame, great safety battle going on, 18 from Allen opening up the frame a little, Allen back in with 31 8-6 37min frame.
Frame 15: A 74 in another long frame gives King one back 8-7
Frame 16: 40 from King, and a frame winning 89 8-8 brilliant break
Frame 17: 26 from King missed red in middle, 31 almost missed red wiggled in, 81 clearance 9-8 King.
Frame 18: King in again 35 made missed pink, 27 only, King back in, Mark King keeps his cool to win 4 in a row fabulous exhibition at the end clearing up 10-8 WHAT A MATCH!
Northern
Ireland's Mark Allen was beaten 10-8 by Mark King in the first round match at
the World Championship in Sheffield.
The Antrim player lost the first two frames but recovered to lead 3-2 and then 4-3, before losing the final two frames of the first session.
In the final session, Allen went 8-6 ahead, but King hit back by winning four frames on the trot to advance.
Allen, a World semi-finalist in 2009, lost in the first round last year.
Allen, who retained his World Open title in March, made an unconvincing start against King, who is making his 14th appearance at the Crucible.
After going 2-0 down, the 27-year-old won the third frame comfortably with the help of a break of 83, the highest of the first session.
Allen restored parity after a run of 66 and the pair then won two frames apiece, King levelling at 4-4 with a break of 74 before winning the ninth to take a one-frame advantage into their second session.
Allen levelled by taking the first frame of the evening session and then fought back from 45 points to win the 11th by producing a 68 clearance to lead 6-5.
King looked certain to get on terms again in the 12th as Allen required three snookers but the Northern Irishman fought back to snatch the frame and take a 7-5 lead in what looked like a devastating blow for the Englishman.
To his credit, King fought back to win the final frame before the mid-session interval helped by a run of 44.
Allen restored a two-frame lead as a 31 clearance ended a marathon 14th frame but the dogged King showed real character to level at 8-8 after breaks of 74 and 89.
King took the last two and faces China's Ding Junhui or Scot Alan McManus at the last-16 stage.
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