England’s Ronnie O’Sullivan decides to quit threatening about his retirement – Snooker news
Former three-time World Snooker Champion and proclaimed as the naturally most talented snooker player in the world, England’s Ronnie O’Sullivan proved again that he is quite good at giving shocking statement. At the conclusion of 2012 Masters Snooker tournament
at the Alexandra Palace in London, he shocked his fans when he said that he will not threaten about quitting snooker again.
The Rocket had an unconvincing run during the recently finished 2012 Masters Snooker event. He won his first-round match against China’s Ding Junhui but faced a 6-2 defeat at the hands of the 2011 UK Championship winner, England’s Judd Trump. Despite his
defeat, the 36-year-old is not disappointed over his performance in the event.
Normally, when the Essex Exocet got defeated brutally in a major tournament, he would hint his retirement immediately after the event but this time, he showed a surprising shift in his stance. He told his fans that he will never talk about quitting the snooker
again.
“I didn’t say anything straight after the quarter final because the focus should be on the snooker, not on me. But there are other priorities in my life now and I might not be able to dedicate so much time to sulking and threatening to quit when I lose.”
explained the World Number 16 to fans.
“I’ve spent a large part of my life travelling all over the world threatening to retire, but my kids have to come first now,” the Wordsley potter added, “If spending more time with them means that I don’t have so much time to devote to giving miserable interviews
where I say that I find snooker boring after I’ve lost then so be it.”
The veteran cueist’s next stop is Germany where he will participate in the 2012 German Masters, starting from February 1 at the Tempodrom in Berlin. O’Sullivan will play his opening match against compatriot Andrew Higginson. O’Sullivan feels ready for the
event and will be aiming to make a strong comeback.
If the Englishman manages to win in the first two rounds of the tournament, he will face the 2012 Masters champion, Australia’s Neil Robertson in the quarter-final encounter.
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