Mark Allen names Crucible failing he has fixed in this World Championship campaign

Can Mark Allen finally reach a World Championship final? (Picture: Getty Images)

Mark Allen is looking to improve on a disappointing World Snooker Championship record and feels he has improved on one Crucible failing he has suffered from in the past.

The Pistol has been consistently one of the best players on the planet since a breakthrough season in 2008/09 when he made the semi-finals of the World Championship.

He followed that with back-to-back quarter-finals and the Northern Irishman looked like he was a Crucible champion in the making.

However, since that run to the last eight in 2011, he has made just one semi-final and one quarter-final among 12 exits in the first or second rounds.

During this time he has won the UK Cham...