RONNIE O’SULLIVAN admits he’s struggling along with his recreation and shedding the enjoyment issue – regardless of being on an 11-match profitable streak.
As gifted as he is perhaps with a cue in hand, the Rocket is his personal largest critic and can by no means give himself reward for good shows or battling performances.
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Breaks of 67, 107 – his thirty third season century – 50 and 90 bought him over the road in a 4-3 win over Zhou Yuelong in spherical two of the World Grand Prix in Leicester.
A more durable proposition lies in wait on Friday within the form of Scottish Open champion Gary Wilson with each males aiming to make the semi-finals on Saturday.
The world No.1 has come to the Morningside Area off the again of profitable 9 matches on the UK Championship and Masters – which has earned him a cool £500,000.
However relatively than see the positives, the Essex cue man, 48, stated: “I can not fathom it out. I’ve bought to essentially contemplate whether or not I can keep it up feeling the way in which I’m on the market.
“I’m not getting any enjoyment from the way in which I’m hitting the ball. It seems like onerous work.
“I haven’t bought a clue the place the balls are going. Lots of it’s guesswork.
“It’s a wrestle. The worst factor is I’m profitable bloody tournaments as properly.
“If I used to be getting pumped first spherical each match taking part in like that, it’s a simple choice to make.
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“I’m not getting any enjoyment out of it. I positively want a break at the very least. I’ve been like this for 25 or 30 years, so it’s not something totally different.
“It’s the one factor I’ve identified. It’s my job and it’s all I do know. So I’ve struggled by way of it.
“I simply have struggles with the sport. I can’t settle for dangerous cueing, I can’t settle for it.
“I’d relatively cue properly and lose than cue awfully and win tournaments. I get no satisfaction from it. I simply actually don’t.”
It’s a wrestle. The worst factor is I’m profitable bloody tournaments as properly.
Ronnie O’Sullivan
Stephen Hendry, a fellow seven-time world champion, acknowledged the difficulty and strife you typically expertise even when you’re profitable on a constant foundation.
The Scotsman, 55, stated: “In my final world championship, I made a 147 and there have been solely about six photographs out of it, which I hit correctly.
“I do know sort of what he means whenever you’re nonetheless potting the balls. Folks from the skin say, oh my god, you’re taking part in properly.
“It’s onerous. We watched that and thought the primary two frames had been immaculate. Solely the gamers is aware of how they’ll cue.
“It’s very onerous to observe that and see how properly he has performed and for Ronnie to be so down on his type.”