DEVASTATED Ronnie O’Sullivan rejected a job offer live on TV – after beingput on the spot following his World Championship semi-final loss.
The Rocket’s ended with a .
O’Sullivan revealed afterwards he was “confused”; by his game as he “struggles”; to accept what he calls “four bad years”; with the cue.
Making changes to hisequipmentDURING the match surely didn’t help.
But although he is pondering his long-term situation with uncertainty, he had no such qualms when questioned about a role in theshort-term.
O’Sullivan has been doing punditry work for TNT Sports at the Crucible inbetweenhis own matches.
And a TNTinterviewer asked the 49-year-old if he’d be behind the mike again in the studio for the last three days of the World Championship.
The Rocket quickly replied: “Iwon’t be there for the rest of this tournament, I’ll be going home now.”;
O’Sullivan was more worried by the state of the game – even though he’d sat out the past four monthsdue to cue problems.
He said of his exit: “I felt I missed a lot of shots, made it quite easy for him.
“I’ve been bad for about fouryears. I didn’t even know how to correctsome faults – that’s the worrying thing.
“I think I’ve lost some of the things I used to have. I don’t even know what I used to have – I’m so confused!
“It’s not even like I’ve been playing well on the practice table. so not a lot of positives. so I don’t know where to go from there.
“I’m probably a bit moreproud of what I’ve done in the past – because I’m going through a struggle right now.”;
But he was gracious in defeat – warmly embracing .
O’Sullivan praised the 28-year-old Chineseace – who idolises him and was at times guided by the Rocket during his rise to the top.
O’Sullivan said: “He’s amazing, a great boy. It’s great for the game. Fantastic forhim to reach the final.”;
