Ronnie O’Sullivan eased into spherical three of the Worldwide Championship with a 6-2 victory over dwelling favorite He Guoqiang in Nanjing; O’Sullivan defined post-match why he feels he stays a preferred determine in snooker
Final Up to date: 04/11/24 2:21pm
Ronnie O’Sullivan has made a successful begin to the Worldwide Championship in China
Seven-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan believes he stays the followers’ favorite in snooker and feels that he ticks ‘each field’ as a sportsman.Â
The 48-year-old has performed a restricted schedule in current months, together with his look on the Worldwide Championship in China his first since shedding on the English Open in September – a efficiency he described as “awful” and “embarrassing”.
O’Sullivan skipped the British Open and Wuhan Open after which withdrew from the BetVictor Northern Eire Open forward of the event, though appeared sharp by breezing by means of the primary two rounds in entrance of packed crowds in Nanjing.
The Englishman opened with a 6-3 win over girls’s world No 1 Mink Nutcharut on Sunday earlier than a convincing 6-2 victory over dwelling favorite He Guoqiang, the participant who had knocked him out of the English Open, the next day.
“I get very good support wherever I go all over the world,” O’Sullivan, who’s at present world No 5, advised the World Snooker Tour following his win.
“I think that’s just because I’ve been playing the game for so long now, for 32 years. I’ve won a lot of big titles and I think that’s what people like, to win the big tournaments, holding all the records, as well as my style of play.
“I’ve managed to entertain the followers. I’ve had some nice assist, a bit like Jimmy White, however I’ve had the titles to again it up as nicely.
“Anyone who thought I wasn’t a winner, I’ve kind of got them in my camp. People who just want to see really good snooker, I’ve got them in my camp as well.
O’Sullivan is among the many pre-tournament favourites this week in Nanjing
“Should you requested 100 snooker followers who they’d wish to watch, in all probability the vast majority of them would say me as a result of I type of tick each field there may be to tick as a sportsman.”
O’Sullivan’s opening match of the event in opposition to Nutcharut was delayed resulting from overcrowding on the 1865 Innovation Corridor, the place he recovered from shedding the opening body to make a 124 break within the subsequent and a 132 later within the contest.
He additionally misplaced the opening recreation in opposition to He however took management of the competition with breaks of 73, 87, 83 and 70. The Chinese language participant edged a decent sixth body to scale back his deficit earlier than two additional half-century breaks from O’Sullivan arrange a last-32 assembly with Pang Junxu.
