Following his victory over Yue Long in the World Grand Prix Snooker quarterfinals, Ronnie O’Sullivan expresses doubts about his future.

Despite putting on another fantastic display to advance to the World Grand Prix quarterfinals on Thursday in Leicester, where he defeated Zhou Yuelong 4-3 in the last 16 with to breaks of 67, 107, 50, and 90 as well as a 97% positional success rate, Ronnie O’Sullivan was harsh about his form.

“I’ve got to really consider whether I can continue feeling how I’m feeling out there,” O’Sullivan added.

World No. 1 Ronnie O’Sullivan threatened to quit the sport after continuing his incredible run of play, defeating Zhou Yuelong 4-3 to advance to the World Grand Prix quarterfinals in Leicester.
Despite making breaks of 67, 107, 50, and 90 to advance to the quarterfinal of the 141st ranking event of his illustrious 32-year career, O’Sullivan was not pleased with his performance in securing a match with Scottish Open champion Gary Wilson on Friday. Wilson defeated Tom Ford 4–2 to advance to the round of eight.

Despite winning the Shanghai Masters, UK Championship, and Masters, O’Sullivan is having one of his best seasons on the professional circuit. However, he didn’t look happy after defeating Zhou, who was playing well and had runs of 76, 102, and 65. Zhou also had a 95% pot success rate and didn’t do anything wrong in a close match loss.

“It’s beyond my comprehension,” O’Sullivan remarked on ITV. “I really need to think about whether I can keep feeling this way in public. Simply put, I’m not enjoying the way I’m hitting the ball.”It is simply laborious, and I am clueless about where the balls are going. It is merely conjecture. The worst thing is that you are winning bloody tournaments. It is a battle. It would be simple for me to decide if I was feeling hyped before every match. To be honest with you, I’m not enjoying it at all.

At the very least, I need a break. However, this hasn’t changed in 25 or 30 years. Thus, nothing has changed. I’ve only ever known this. I have to do this for work, therefore it’s difficult to refrain.”All I know is this. Through that, I’ve had difficulty. Poor cueing. It really doesn’t satisfy me, that much is true. I would rather cue poorly and lose than perform poorly and win competitions.
“There’s bad blood there,” Hendry said in reference to O’Sullivan and Carter’s violent altercation.
“I’m going to miss quite a few tournaments,” O’Sullivan says, revealing his remaining season plan.

O’Sullivan went on to bemoan, saying he would rather lose matches in order to “go home” but he would never purposefully lose.
“It is definitely difficult for me. Most of the time, I feel like I’m just going through the motions. If I had lost there, I would have been overjoyed. in order for me to return home.”However, I’m not one to discard games. It’s almost there where I’m trying to play shots and hoping that they clear up if I miss, but they’re not.”Put an end to my suffering, one of them, but they’re not.”
The 48-year-old took a long hiatus from the sport in 2012, spending some time working on a pig farm during that period.

O’Sullivan is now wondering if spending a significant amount of time away from the baize will be enough to rekindle his passion for the game.
“It’s the least I can do to take a break and try to regain my excitement for the game,” he stated. “I’ve benefited from breaks. I don’t miss playing, but I do miss something in my life.”However, I’m missing something. possessing a life purpose. That’s what my year-long hiatus in 2012 taught me.”Steve Peters told me that “we all need a purpose in life” when I realized that I was in need of anything.”After all the struggles I’ve encountered, I’m not sure snooker is my mission anymore, or if it ever was.

My dad was where he was, and maybe I don’t know, but simply doing that was helping to keep the family strong, so that’s why I’ve remained with it.”
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