FERNIE O’SULLIVAN: FIVE THINGS TO DO AT THE ENGLISH OPEN TO MAKE HIM FEEL AT HOME

This week saw the start of the English Open of snooker in Crawley, and the sport’s biggest star took to social media to criticize the organizers and location choice after discovering that the facilities fell short of his expectations.

After defeating Kurt Maflin 4-1 in the opening round, the Rocket lost his cool and remarked, “I don’t know what this gaff is but I’ve just done an interview and all I can smell is urine.”

Furthermore, the week might be going better for Barry Hearn and company given that World Champion John Higgins recently declared that he despises the game.

Although Ronnie may be thinking that someone is taking the piss with the tournament’s pick of the K2 Leisure Centre, we thought of other ways the authorities may put him at ease in the area besides providing him with a mop and a bottle of Toilet Duck.

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Even though O’Sullivan occasionally opens up cans of worms for snooker bosses with his remarks, he still draws in the most bettors and remains the game’s main draw. And ever since making his debut more than two decades ago, he has continued to do so.

When he transitions from right to left-handed play mid-frame, as he did when he faced Alain Robidoux at the World Championship as a pudgy-faced 20-year-old, it’s the perfect illustration of his unmatched cuemanship.

Despite losing by numerous snookers, the Canadian did not like the young man’s bluster and dragged out the frame with wild shots and deliberate misses to let him know he had miscued with his ambidextrous shenanigans.

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It’s not because some people believe he lives on another planet that he is known as The Rocket.

He plays quickly. There would therefore always be a clash of styles whenever he encountered Peter Ebdon’s slower-than-coastal-erosion play.

However, at the 2009 World Championships, renowned aspiring pop artist Ebdon played so boringly that he hit all the wrong notes and had O’Sullivan blasting away from his chair as the minutes passed but the scoreboard did not.

In case the snooker game becomes a little slow, the Crawley chiefs can make sure Ronnie has something to occupy his time.

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When they disagreed about whether or not there was a touching ball in the 2010 Sheffield quarterfinal, he attempted to assist the referee by obliquely hinting that Leon Scullion may benefit from a trip to the optometrist.

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FERNIE O’SULLIVAN: FIVE THINGS TO DO AT THE ENGLISH OPEN TO MAKE HIM FEEL AT HOME
The Rocket Ronnie O’Sullivan stated that the English Open facilities this week are not extraordinary, so we have some suggestions on how to make things better for him.

Five years ago, in Snooker, by Mark Kirwan

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This week saw the start of the English Open of snooker in Crawley, and the sport’s biggest star took to social media to criticize the organizers and location choice after discovering that the facilities fell short of his expectations.

After defeating Kurt Maflin 4-1 in the first round, the Rocket lost his cool in a post-match interview, saying, “I don’t know what this crap is but I’ve just done.

He might be set for the week if there is a decent assortment of extra size eights or nines available (the building also has a bowling lane).