The event in Saudi Arabia will likely be adopted by additional vital occasions within the autumn such because the English Open, British Open and Northern Eire Open in the UK, plus the Wuhan Open and Worldwide Championship in China.
“This can be a good time for me as a result of I like a run of tournaments with out gaps in between,” defined Allen.
“We’ve got this one, then Saudi Arabia, then just a few within the UK after which one other one in China so it is a busy spell and an opportunity to realize momentum and hopefully choose up just a few titles.”
Allen’s opening victory over Liu Hongyu included breaks of 66, 58, 111 and 70.
“I used to be lucky to be 2-0 up, Liu struggled early within the match,” he added.
“Then he confirmed what he can do when he got here from 4-0 to 4-2 and I needed to make a superb break ultimately to win 5-2.”
Additionally on the opening day of the brand new Xi’an Grand Prix, Ronnie O’Sullivan accomplished a 5-0 whitewash of Wang Yuchen whereas world champion Kyren Wilson secured his first win in a knockout match this season as he beat Haris Tahir 5-2.
Mark Selby compiled breaks of 136 and 11 as he defeated Wang Xinbo 5-3 and Gong Chenzhi, a 17-year-old tour rookie from China, brought on an upset by seeing off world quantity 13 Tom Ford 5-1.