Ronnie O’Sullivan believes winning 2012 World Snooker Championship title was tough
Recently finished snooker season brought the happiest news to Ronnie O’Sullivan fans because the Essex Exocet performed scintillatingly during his 2012 World Snooker Championship campaign at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
However, the Rocket, on the other hand, believes that winning the 2012 World Snooker Championship title was indeed a tough nut to crack because he was under immense pressure from the beginning and had to stay focused on his game all the time during his championship
campaign.
Speaking to the media, O’Sullivan said, “It does feel like the best. It has been a few years – and I have earned this one. Three years ago, if I was playing the kind of snooker I was playing, I might have jacked it in and sabotaged my chances. But at key
points of this tournament, I’ve been able to set that aside.”
He added, “This has been a more professional job than the other three, which I was maybe destined to win. This required hard work.”
The 36-year-old O’Sullivan started his campaign in the championship with an easy win over the former World Snooker Champion and the 2012 China open snooker event champion, compatriot Peter Ebdon. O’Sullivan defeated him by an easy score line of 10-4 and
cruised his way into the second round of the event.
The Wordsley potter was up against the former two-time World Snooker Champion, Wales’ Mark Williams in the second round of the competition. The match-up looked quite tussling for the Englishman in the beginning but he managed to stay focused on his game
and push the Welsh Potting Machine seven frames down at 13-6.
The quarter-final clash of 2012 World Snooker Championship was even tougher for O’Sullivan because he was going to face the 2012 Masters Snooker tournament winner, the in-form Australian potter Neil Robertson. The clash did go a bit tussling for the Englishman
and it seemed that he will not last long but the Essex legend did prevail in the end with his classy display of outstanding snooker skills.
The semi-final contest against Matthew Stevens was a piece of cake for him as he clinched the penultimate match win by the score line of 17-10 easily. The final encounter against Ali Carter was never an easy task for O’Sullivan because Carter had performed
pretty well in the championship run.
Nevertheless, O’Sullivan displayed excellent snooker skills and claimed the title after beating him by the score line of 18-11.
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