RONNIE O’SULLIVAN was momentarily refused entry into the Masters when a safety guard didn’t recognise him.
The seven-time snooker world champion, 48, arrived at Alexandra Palace on Monday for his first-round match in opposition to Ding Junhui.
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However as he drove as much as the doorway, the person on the gate was not keen to let O’Sullivan by given he didn’t have a move and was not on the listing.
The awkward alternate, shared on social media, left O’Sullivan smiling in amusement on the scenario.
He then determined to have a little bit of enjoyable with the safety guard, saying: “I am enjoying immediately at one o’clock.”
The safety particular person replied: “Oh, you are a participant?”
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To which O’Sullivan added: “Yeah, do you wish to let me in?”
The person then radioed to ask for affirmation relating to letting seven-time Masters winner O’Sullivan into the constructing.
As he waited, the snooker icon added: “If I am not on the listing does that imply I am unable to go in? I am enjoying in 5 minutes.”
O’Sullivan then chuckled to the particular person within the passenger seat as he noticed the humorous facet of the interplay.
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Winding up the safety guard some extra, he stated: “Fast, I will be late. They’re gonna dock me. I am gonna lose it, that is it. After which my missus is gonna hate me and the entire world is gonna finish.”
After ensuring it was OK to go in, O’Sullivan drove into Alexandra Palace, joking: “He was underneath a little bit of stress there, wasn’t he?”
O’Sullivan beat Ding 6-3 to achieve the quarter-finals of the Masters.
However the second of the match got here from his Chinese language opponent as Ding made a 147 break within the seventh body – the primary most on the Masters since 2015.
O’Sullivan is into his twenty fifth Masters quarter-final, although he has not received the competitors since he claimed a record-breaking seventh title in 2017.
The Rocket will face both Neil Robertson or Barry Hawkins within the final eight.