Red-hot Mark Allen could frank Daqing final form with Robertson

Group Two final
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The oddsmakers can barely split Neil Robertson and Mark Allen for their Champion of Champions Group Two decider on Thursday evening, but with the newly-crowned International Championship hero in superb touch it could pay to go with the Northern Ireland cueman.

Allen defeated Robertson 10-5 in the Daqing final on Sunday and reversing the form in the space of five days could prove beyond the Australian.

Masters champion Allen posted breaks of 140, 102, 86 and 76 in downing Barry Hawkins 4-2 in his Coventry opener, while Robertson had to make do with runs of 95 and 72 in the course of edging out Mark Selby, who contributed a 147 maximum break to the Ricoh Arena tournament.

Allen is generally available at 10-11 to make it two wins in a week over Australia's finest and over the best of 11 frames that could be worth having.

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