LIVERPOOL’S Rod Lawler suffered disappointment yesterday as he failed in his bid to qualify for this season’s SAGA Insurance Masters tournament.
The provisional world No 45 slipped to a 5-2 defeat at the hands of Belfast young gun Mark Allen in their second round meeting at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.
Widnes professional Andrew Higginson impressed in a comfortable 5-1 win over Cardiff cueman Paul Davies.
He came from 1-0 down to book his place in the last 16 phase of qualifying.
