Ronnie O’Sullivan has expanded on his causes for pulling out of one other large snooker event – as a result of he needs to play as little as doable.
The world primary has had a productive season thus far with victories on the UK Championship, the Masters and the World Grand Prix. But his success has been more and more underpinned by well being issues which have seen him withdraw from a collection of lesser rating occasions, most not too long ago the Welsh Open in Llandudno.
As he introduced his choice to drag out of the occasion, he informed his followers on X (previously Twitter): “It’s laborious to clarify however for years I’ve suffered from stage fright at occasions, introduced on by anxiousness. It’s not one thing I can predict or management however I attempt to handle it as finest as I can.
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“I’m sorry to everyone who’s bought tickets but I just can’t get my cue out when I feel like this and I think this is what’s best for me right now. I still want to be around the tournament so I’ll be doing some work with Eurosport and I hope to see you all there.”
Speaking on Eurosport, he expanded on his causes for withdrawing, saying: “I feel it is an ideal event and an ideal venue, very nice to be on the coast, it is all the time an ideal week and I feel everybody loves coming to this event.
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“The key for me is if I can get away with playing the least amount that’s great for me and just try to stay in the rankings, free some time up and enjoy myself. I don’t want to be on the treadmill every week.”
The Welsh Open is the seventh rating event through which O’Sullivan has elected to not play this season, together with the Champion of Champions occasion in Bolton in November. After withdrawing from the German Masters in January, O’Sullivan careworn the necessity to deal with his “health and wellbeing” regardless of his continued success on the desk.