BBC pundit Ken Doherty has said Chinese youngster Si Juahi "got found out a little bit" in his first round Masters defeat to Mark Allen.

The 22-year-old world No.13 lost 6-2 to Northern Irishman Allen at Alexandra Palace, bringing an end to his debut at the tournament at the first hurdle. The result was never in doubt, with Juahi's safety game letting him down as Allen won all but one of the pair's battles. And 1997 world champion Doherty believes that Allen's experience is what got the better of one of snooker's brightest young stars, saying: "Experience tells at this sort of level when you’re playing these guys at the elite level on the big stage, experience does count. Si Jiahui, even though he came up with some great pots, just got found out a little bit.

"He (Allen) was very clinical, I thought he played really well. All the stats were very high percentages in his favour, he didn’t miss many. It was very professional in every aspect of the game. That’s what can happen, Si is one for the future, he’s a prodigious talent, but Mark did a real number on him.

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"His talent is incredible though and he’ll learn from what he did and come back stronger, there’s no doubt about it. He will have his time out in this arena over the next few years. But this is a learning curve for him, he was taught a great lesson against a very good player at the top of his game."

Allen meanwhile was full of praise for his opponent, saying: "I felt like I would get the better of the safety exchanges, just don't do anything silly on the balls and that's pretty much the way the match went. I won pretty much every safety battle in the match, I was hoping that he wouldn't settle quickly - and that's exactly what happened.

"He pushed the boat out at 3-2 and he had no need to do that. I think he showed a bit of inexperience there and just pushed the boat out which gave me the frame. If he ever learns to play position then he's going to be dangerous because my God does he pot some balls, it's frightening."