England’s Ronnie O’Sullivan hungers for more snooker titles before he ends his career
England’s Ronnie O’Sullivan came back to his top form in the Players Tour Championship (PTC) events, when he clinched his first PTC title at World Snooker Academy, in Sheffield. The Essex Exocet became the first player to win two PTC events in the same season
after he took his second minor ranking event, PTC7, at South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester.
The former three-time World Snooker Champion ousted compatriot, Joe Perry, in the final of PTC1 by the score line of 4-0, hitting some cracking knocks with frame scores of 68-59, 80-47 (60), 129-1 (115) and 117-0 (107).
In his second PTC final, the Magician took on Welshman, Matthew Stevens, and after a superb display of his marvellous skills, he defeated him by 4-2 with the frame score line of 95-0 (95), 76-25 (76), 46-68, 68-1 (53), 0-127 (127), 88-20 (88).
The 35-year-old also put up a superb show in the Premier League Snooker meet, winning the fourth event of the championship at The Dome, in Doncaster. Besides, The Rocket has shown impressive performance in all ranking events this season. Though, he has not
won any major ranking event, he hungers for some more big titles later in the season.
During his conversation with the media, O’Sullivan said, “I've won four UK titles, four Masters and three Worlds, which is a good haul, but in my mind I have under-achieved. I should have won two more World titles, two more Masters and maybe another UK.
I've been in nine Masters finals and I should have converted another couple of those.”
The Wordsley potter added, “I'm still excited when I look forward to the big events. I'm happy to be the underdog now, even though I would much rather be among the favourites and really fancying my chances. I have had a lot of ups and downs in my career.
I suppose with the mindset I have had at times, I should be happy with what I've achieved.”
The ambidextrous potter believes he has a long way to go in his game and can win a couple of major events before he plans to go home. In the upcoming 2011 UK Championship, world snooker’s second most prestigious event after Crucible, he is set against veteran,
Steve Davis. The match-up will be a thriller to watch because both legends have been on top of the game in their prime time.
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