Allen in first round action at Masters this afternoon

Mark Allen is in first round action at The Masters in London this afternoon.

The Antrim man goes up against Barry Hawkins.

The evening session sees Mark Williams face David Gilbert, with Ronnie O'Sullivan awaiting the winner in the quarter-finals.

Last night saw Jack Lisowski beat John Higgins by 6 frames to 3 to set up a quarter-final with Hossein Vafaei.