‘It is completed for me’
Ronnie O’Sullivan gave a prolonged interview on Saturday that may go away no doubts about how he’s feeling about his recreation in the mean time.
Regardless of profitable two world championships within the final 4 years, the Rocket is clearly not impressed with how he’s taking part in – and thinks father time has lastly caught as much as him.
O’Sullivan, 48, mentioned: “I simply have to simply accept it’s completed for me actually. I’ve been on a gentle decline for 5 years and it’s simply getting worse and worse.
“I’ve acquired to attempt to grasp on and gradual the inevitable decline that occurs to all sports activities folks.
“It’s OK in opposition to sure gamers at a sure stage, however on the stage I’m used to taking part in at and form of having a little bit of a stranglehold on the sport, it’s simply not adequate. I’ve to simply accept that.
“I’m completely happy that it’s taking place at this age and never at 31, that’s the one constructive.
“It’s not simple to simply accept since you nonetheless need to play, you continue to need to compete.
“I don’t need to do what [Stephen] Hendry executed, or [Steve] Davis executed or what Jimmy [White]’s executed which might be performed on properly previous the place they have been able to doing any injury within the recreation.”
Williams path to the ultimate
And this is how Mark Williams additionally made his approach to the £500k match:
Final 32 – Mark Williams 5-4 Thepchaiya Un-NoohLast 16 – Mark Williams 6-2 Stuart BinghamQuarter-final – Jimmy Robertson 0-6 Mark WilliamsSemi-final – Mark Williams 6-2 Si Jiahui
Trump path to the ultimate
Here is how the world No 1 reached the ultimate in Riyadh:
Final 32 – Judd Trump 5-4 Wu YizeLast 16 – Judd Trump 6-1 Jack LisowskiQuarter-final – Judd Trump 6-3 Neil RobertsonSemi-final – Shaun Murphy 5-6 Judd Trump
