Scottish Open snooker final: Mark Allen beats Shaun Murphy 9-7
MARK ALLEN has beaten Shaun Murphy 9-7 in the Scottish Open snooker final.
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Mark Allen produced a great escape to defeat Daniel Wells 6-5 and reach the final of the Scottish Open in Glasgow.
Allen, who was runner-up to Ronnie O'Sullivan at the UK Championship last week, trailed Welshman Wells 4-0 in their best-of-11 semi-final.
Wells was also 55 points up in the fifth frame before a positional error let in Allen and the Northern Irishman managed to reduce the arrears.
Wells moved within one frame of victory at 5-2 but Allen stormed back with breaks of 79, 106 and 129 on his way to reaching his second straight final.
Allen will play Shaun Murphy in the final after Murphy survived a mid-match wobble to overcome Judd Trump 6-4.
Murphy, who had crashed out of the UK Championship in the first round, looked a different player as breaks of 89, 93 and 70 saw him storm into a 3-0 lead.
Trump rallied and missed a fine chance to level the scores at 4-4 before Murphy rediscovered his form with a break of 71 ultimately seeing him over the line.
The winner of the Scottish Open final will take home £70,000, with the runner-up earning £30,000.
Scottish Open snooker final updates
Best of 17 frames
RESULT
Shaun Murphy 7-9 Mark Allen