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'I can't believe it!' - Mark Allen misses winning pot Mark Allen suffered a devastating final-frame defeat by Wu Yize - missing a match-winning black off its spot in an extraordinary penultimate frame that would have taken him into his first World Championship final. Wu, 22, who appears to be China's new superstar in the making, looked down and out when he trailed 16-14, but reeled off three consecutive frames with breaks of 67, 52 and 71 to triumph 17-16 in one of the all-time Crucible classics. It was a heartbreaking conclusion for Allen, who broke down on 45 in the 31st frame and then some