The number three seed lost out to Barry Hawkins in a Barbican epic, that didn't finish until the early hours of the morning
Mark Allen "sabotaged his own ability" to miss out on a place in the UK Snooker Championship, according to a multiple world champion.
But BBC pundit Davis, a six-time world champion, believes the world number three caused his own problems, saying: “It’s tough sometimes playing this game and it does feel like both players are dragging each other down a bit. And it’s just sometimes the balls go his way. But there are question marks on whether Mark Allen is slightly sabotaging his own ability by playing a little bit slowly, and maybe Barry Hawkins is trying to get free and get a bit of rhythm going.
“I could have been out against Dave Gilbert and then tonight. Judd is a different kind of player, no disrespect to Mark, but it will be a free-flowing match, and it will be amazing to play Judd again. He is an all-time great."
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