KYREN Wilson has pledged to be more like Ronnie O’Sullivan in a bid to improve his performances.
The decision came after his at the at the hands of debutant Lei Peifan this year.
voiced concerns on punditry duties that the 33-year-old defending champion might have spread himself too thin over a hectic snooker schedule.
A receptive Wilson said to Metro: “I think definitely I’ll take a leaf out of his book.
“I think you want to stay hungry. You want to keep enjoying it.
“And I think if you slog it out and you go tournament, tournament, tournament, tournament, it almost becomes too repetitive to the point where you stop enjoying it.”;;
The star did not feel impaired going into the tournament and was taken by surprise at
He said: “‘It was definitely a unique feeling because that’s probably the most confident I’ve ever gone into a World Championship.
“I really, really fancied winning it. [Lei] played some really inspired snooker and just hit the ground running in the evening session.
“So yeah, no complaints really.”;;
Wilson fell victim to snooker’s infamous .
The curse refers to the inability of a first-time winner to retain their title since 1977 when the tournament moved to Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre.
Reflecting on what was the biggest shock of the tournament with seven-time winner O’Sullivan could change Wilson’s form.
But it is unlikely to go down well with who will want to see more matchups of the greats not fewer.
