Snooker's top superstar Ronnie O'Sullivan has recently become a busy person, during the game window during which O'Sullivan not only signed a new sponsor again, but also invited to participate in major sports talk shows, it seems that the 46-year-old veteran's influence is still undiminished.
After the players' tournament, O'Sullivan did not rush into training but frequently appeared in the field of view of fans, and in the recent British sports program "ITV", O'Sullivan was invited to be a live guest again, and the content of this show was also very interesting to domestic fans.
With the victory of the Neil Robertson Players Championship, the British players in the snooker ranking tournament that ended this season have won less than 50%, which is unique in snooker history, so the topic of whether non-homegrown players are taking over the field has also followed.
O'Sullivan was surprised by the situation on the show, but in his mind it may not be a bad thing, and the increasing number of non-British snooker athletes joining shows that the sport is facing the world.
Not only that, O'Sullivan mentioned Chinese snooker again during the interview, and bluntly said that the emergence of Chinese players has greatly promoted the development of snooker, and if there were not many domestic players, the sport was far from being known today. When it comes to the representative of domestic snooker, O'Sullivan also gives the answer in his heart.
O'Sullivan said: Ding Junhui, Liang Wenbo, Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong are undoubtedly the representatives of China's snooker today, and many years ago you would never believe that players from other countries could achieve such a high level of achievement in the Uk, they have been very difficult along the way.
O'Sullivan's choice of the four of them as representative figures must have his reasons, although Ding Junhui's state has declined seriously in the past two years, but his contribution to domestic snooker is unparalleled, and O'Sullivan's program is even more blunt to admire Ding Junhui's sacrifice for the development of snooker.
And Liang Wenbo, as a veteran who debuted with Ding Junhui, has also experienced too many big storms, of course, Liang Wenbo is still O'Sullivan's best friend in China, O'Sullivan also praised Liang Wenbo in the show, saying that his strength still has the opportunity to advance into the world's top sixteen.
The two new generation young players, Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong, are deeply loved by O'Sullivan, especially Zhao Xintong has publicly expressed his praise more than once, and this time he talked about O'Sullivan again in the show.
O'Sullivan said: "This little guy (Zhao Xintong) has a very high snooker talent, and his confidence and courage in the game have pushed him to a whole new height, and I am sure he will continue to win the championship and create more great achievements."
Yan Bingtao is a terrible thinker, he has a maturity that does not match his age, and winning two championships at his age is enough to say it all, and he is still young and has a lot of time to win.
Interestingly, O'Sullivan also gave them a new title in the show, calling the four of them "China's Snooker Four Little Dragons", and bluntly said that they promoted the development of the snooker movement in China, so that domestic snooker saw hope.
As O'Sullivan said, China's snooker is now growing rapidly for nearly two years with more and more young people joining it, and this season, as many as 25 people have achieved professional qualifications to set a record for the best in history, accounting for one-fifth of professional players. Finally, I hope that the Chinese snooker army that has gone to a foreign country to participate in the competition can continue to work hard and achieve good results.