The 2022 World Snooker Championships came to an end, and Chinese Olympic champion Xu Lijia, who had been covering Crucible, also ended her mission. In the last interview, he asked Trump and O'Sullivan at the press conference, and O'Sullivan said that Chinese players have the ability and talent to win the World Championship, and in the next three or four years, Ding Junhui, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao have the opportunity to become world champions.
O'Sullivan laughed to the end with a more stable performance, in an interview with Xu Lijia, Trump also said that O'Sullivan has a strong endurance, has not made any mistakes from beginning to end, this may be the concentration of top players, and his state is more general, unable to compete with O'Sullivan. However, Trump said he enjoyed snooker again and was satisfied with his performance.
In an interview with O'Sullivan, Xu Lijia mentioned the performance of Chinese players, in O'Sullivan's view, Chinese players have good training conditions in the UK, they inspire each other and make progress together. For his help to the Chinese players, O'Sullivan said that he can also get a lot of happiness from it. Like Zhao Xintong is a very talented player, but can not fully show his potential, which is very annoying, so he is willing to help Zhao Xintong, the two have been working together for more than a month.
Previously, O'Sullivan said that Zhao Xintong was similar to his own style, and he could help, but he could not help Yan Bingtao. However, this time in an interview with Xu Lijia, O'Sullivan also said that he was also helping Yan Bingtao. For the sake of snooker's long-term development, he is willing to help young people grow.
Xu Lijia also mentioned why Chinese players can win some ranking competitions, but they can't win the World Championships? O'Sullivan said that the World Championships are a particularly difficult game, but he is sure that at some point in time there will be a world championship winner from China, he pointed out three names: Ding Junhui, Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, although Ding Junhui has not performed well in the past two years, O'Sullivan is still optimistic about him.
O'Sullivan gave his own prediction that in the next three or four years, these Chinese players have the hope of becoming world champions, after all, their talents and abilities are there, and it is only a matter of time before they win the championship.
Finally, O'Sullivan said that he practiced for 10 to 15 hours a week, because he was older, he should plan the training time reasonably, in addition to practicing, there are mental training and physical training, and strive to put himself in a good state. In many ways, O'Sullivan is indeed a role model, and I hope that the Chinese players can draw nourishment from him and make greater progress next!