Snooker legend Ronnie O’Sullivan made a enjoyable jab at rival Mark Selby after his Saudi debut match lasted till 3am.
Having gained his first match within the nation, the Rocket did not maintain again as he cheekily teased the ‘Jester from Leicester’ for his infamous marathon matches. O’Sullivan easily sailed to the following spherical with an effortlessly one-sided 4-0 victory over John Higgins within the inaugural Riyadh Season World Masters of Snooker.
Shockingly, the seven-time world champion stopped Higgins potting a ball all through the sport and set a semi-final face-off with Judd Trump. Their match was the day’s final and kicked off at near 2am native time, largely due to an earlier long-winded conflict between Selby and Mark Allen that dragged on for ages, stories The Mirror.
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Even although Allen clinched it 4-3, the endless saga irked these ready for his or her video games to start. In dialog with professional participant Jack Lisowski for Eurosport, he counseled O’Sullivan’s efficiency and joked: “You’ve done us a favour, because it’s getting late here.”
Tickled, O’Sullivan chuckled, checked his wristwatch, and playfully known as Selby ‘Midnight Selby’ as a consequence of his knack for late finishes. He mentioned: “Selby, I call him ‘Midnight Selby’ because his games go past midnight every game, it’s a nightmare. You don’t want to be following Mark because you’re going into the next day!”
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When quizzed if it felt like 3am, O’Sullivan added nonchalantly: “No. Listen, when I’m tired, I sleep and I had a good few hours today so I feel like I’m just getting going. I’ll keep playing if the fans want it. They’ve all gone home now.”
He was then requested if he thought the day’s matches had been entertaining, to which he replied: “Have they? I’ve not watched any to be honest, I’ve just been chilling out.
“But, yeah, I do know. Listen, you are getting all the highest gamers enjoying in opposition to one another, so that you’re at all times going to get good video games, except it is Mark and Mark in the present day you realize, it was a little bit of a drag wasn’t it? Even Mark Allen, he went ‘that was powerful’. But yeah.”
O’Sullivan is known for his frank opinions about Selby, who has won four world titles with his careful and patient style of play. But O’Sullivan wasn’t the only player annoyed by the delayed schedule in Saudi Arabia.
Earlier in the day, Ali Carter lost 4-1 to Luca Brecel and gave a prickly post-match interview where he criticised the referee and complained about the delay. “I obtained right here and I’m 4 hours ready to play,” said Carter.
“Coming a great distance and you must take care of that. It’s an awesome occasion and it’s totally uncooked on the minute. It’s such a giant alternative for somebody to win such an awesome occasion. For every thing to go improper in the present day, proper from the off could be very irritating.”