FIVE-TIME WORLD Champion Ronnie O’Sullivan claims he will no longer participate in major snooker tournaments.
Instead, he says in an interview with the Telegraph, he will avoid the glare of the media by playing ‘three or four’ low-key tournaments while the World Championship, Masters and UK Championship continue with him as a notable absentee.
The world number one, who crashed out to amateur James Cahill in the first round of this year’s World Championship, says the sport’s marquee tournament is not worth the hassle it brings him.
“I’ve won it five times. It ain’t worth the blood, sweat and tears to me now. That tournament? Probably not for me any more,” O’Sullivan said after outlining a drastic cut he could make to his schedule.
“This year I played 11 tournaments; next year I’m only going to have to play three… maybe three or four tournaments a year. Low-key ones, where there is no media and no press. So I will miss the Masters, I will miss the World Championship and I will miss the UK [Championship].
I don’t even want to play in the World Championship – all the press and media they want you to do. I’m not here for that. It’s alright for young kids…”
The 43-year-old added in his interview that he, in fact, did still want to play. But that his dealings with governing bodies have soured to create a “broken marriage”.
“They don’t like me, I don’t really like them. We are living under the same roof, just trying to be nice and tolerate each other.
“But if they want to overstep the mark and make my life too unhappy, I’m off. You are going to lose out because I am not going to come to your tournaments.
“I’m going to lose out because, really, I want to play.”
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Poor effort on the translation and you use the Sun in connection with a Liverpool story. Should have given this task to someone else.
@Freddie Rincon: its not a bad interpretation of the translation at all Fred
Could have chosen a better example! Don’t buy the sun. JFT96.
Really the sun
@: joke …. the 42 are a disgrace.
Great game. As a spurs supporter thought they would have a hard task but by christ they made the game last night one of the best I have seen…great work….let’s hope spurs get through tonight…
Sean Farrell- The sun! Really!
Ah yes… Klopp has just reunited every English club. It’s even better than England progressing to the World Cup knock out stages. But this time it actually may be coming home … to Anfield!
The sun??
Last night was magical. Football has become so commercialized and lost a lot of it’s soul, but last night reminded us what it can be at it’s best. Am hearing reports that Phil Coutinho’s Barca career is in big trouble, penny for his thoughts?
@Laura Walsh: it was already before the game
@Limón Madrugada: agree lad.
As is valverde.
Why leave your Arthur and Malcom out??
Baffled
Dave o kop that clown thought he was helping to sell Balotelli to China a few years, proof that Twitter and followers ratios do get to peoples heads
Great game by Liverpool!!!
Can you please remove The S*n one, thanks