Ronnie O'Sullivan corrects the referee after making a mistake in the first round of the World Championships
On April 25, 2024, according to sports editor Ricks, Ronnie O'Sullivan had taken control of his first round of the World Snooker Championship, but he was forced to act as a referee to correct his mistakes against Jackson Page.
Ronnie O'Sullivan had to correct the referee's mistake after referee Leos Cullien mistakenly placed the pink ball in the blue spot.
The incident occurred in the final stage of the first half of the first round of the World Snooker Championship O'Sullivan against Jackson Page. The Rockets got off to a good start in the first phase of the competition.
He put out 54, 56, 81, 122, 66 and 53 firepower in a single shot to quickly take an 8-1 lead over Page. Heading into the second day of the competition. When the second phase of the tournament started on Thursday afternoon, O'Sullivan only needed to win two games to enter the second round.
Page scored a single highest score of 142 but scored no more than 27 points in seven of the other nine innings. O'Sullivan hopes to win his eighth career world championship trophy, which will be a new record.
Although he is known for his ability to play, the 48-year-old had to briefly turn to the referee. O'Sullivan led 91-4 in the ninth game, and Scullien put the pink ball in the middle of the table.
However, this is the position of the blue ball, and O'Sullivan intervened in time to point to the place where the pink ball on the table should be placed with the club. Scullien apologized, and the audience erupted in laughter.
O'Sullivan will finish the game with his dream start to the tournament and take an 8-1 lead. Scullien has become one of the top referees in snooker since joining the referee team in 1999, and was in charge of the 2019 World Championship finals.
If O'Sullivan wins against Page on Thursday afternoon as scheduled, he will face Ryan Day in the second round. Winning the title would put O'Sullivan on the list of the greatest players in snooker, although the Rockets are keeping a low profile.
"I don't think I'm the great," he said before the game. Maybe I'm one of them. You've got Stephen Hendry, six-time World Champion Steve Davis, and I'm with them. I have a career unlike theirs. ”
"They've all done that in ten years, and I kind of went off track, and after getting back on track, back on track, and then back on track. I had to hold on longer to get what I had. I get a little overwhelmed in competitions at times. ”
"It's going to affect your performance. Hendry and Davis had almost everything around them, focusing on snooker and I didn't. You want to win because competitiveness has always been on me. ”
"Either way, I had to take this approach. I don't know if that will make me the greatest player. It doesn't really matter. I'm cool about what I'm doing, but I want to win more championships. (Welcome to click to pay attention to Runwu AB, please indicate the source for reprinting, thank you)