Ronnie O’Sullivan eased into spherical three of the Worldwide Championship with a 6-2 victory over residence 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.
The 48-year-old has performed a restricted schedule in latest months, together with his look on the Worldwide Championship in China his first since dropping 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 match, though regarded sharp by breezing by way of the primary two rounds in entrance of packed crowds in Nanjing.
The Englishman opened with a 6-3 win over ladies’s world No 1 Mink Nutcharut on Sunday earlier than a convincing 6-2 victory over residence 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 the moment world No 5, instructed 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 help, a bit like Jimmy White, however I’ve had the titles to again it up as properly.
“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 need to watch, most likely the vast majority of them would say me as a result of I form of tick each field there’s to tick as a sportsman.”
O’Sullivan’s opening match of the match towards Nutcharut was delayed attributable to overcrowding on the 1865 Innovation Corridor, the place he recovered from dropping the opening body to make a 124 break within the subsequent and a 132 later within the contest.
He additionally misplaced the opening recreation towards He however took management of the competition with breaks of 73, 87, 83 and 70. The Chinese language participant edged a good 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.
