On the evening of the 29th, Beijing time, O'Sullivan defeated Ryan Day 13:7 and reached the quarterfinals of the 2024 World Snooker Championship (World Snooker Championship). Recently, the snooker star's remarks have continued to cause discussion, including criticism of the poor conditions of the Crucible Theater, the venue of the World Championships, and the belief that it should be moved to Saudi Arabia or China.
"Rocket" advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Championships and strived to win the championship for the eighth time in history
In response, "Rocket" ignored the accusations against him from the outside world, saying, "Where it is valued, it will go." After this promotion, O'Sullivan revealed that he recently changed his eating habits for the World Championships, and he will fast for most of the day and eat his favorite Cantonese food.
O'Sullivan scored 123 points in the first game of the second round, Ryan Day resisted stubbornly, but when the "rocket" led to 6:4, he won four games in a row to pull the score away, and finally eliminated the opponent 13:7 to advance to the third round of this World Championships.
O'Sullivan made no secret of his affection for Saudi Arabia
O'Sullivan recently signed a cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, promising to attend all ranking tournaments and Masters tournaments held in Saudi Arabia in the next three years, which has caused a lot of controversy. In a recent interview, O'Sullivan responded to the incident domineeringly: "Every player has the right to do what they want, I am an open book, if you have the best offer, come and contact me, I have a contact on Instagram." ”
O'Sullivan added that everyone in the world is like this: "I have a friend who works in the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK, but someone offered her three to four times the salary to work in Australia, and she was ready to do it, just to get better pay. ”
Talking about the future, O'Sullivan once again mentioned Saudi Arabia and China: "I will take care of me and value me." When I went to Asia and Saudi Arabia, I had a wonderful time. For me, I just want to play snooker and enjoy it, be cared for and pampered, and anyone who wants to take care of me and pamper me, then I'm your person!"
O'Sullivan said that in order to overcome his emotional problems in recent years, he is playing in a new way
After qualifying, the 48-year-old said that although he had to take medication to overcome his anxiety in recent years, he has recently been able to face the game calmly: "I've been working hard for the last two years, and I decided that I couldn't continue to play like this, so I had to change. He said he was playing in a new way, but did not give details.
O'Sullivan also said that in order to cope with the World Championships, he would fast from 8:30 p.m. to 12:20 p.m. the next day, "I can't eat too much, otherwise I will become sluggish." Forest animals go without food for several days, they starve and then catch their prey, eat it and digest it for a while. They don't eat three meals a day, they snack at night."
O'Sullivan said that "eating too much" would make him sluggish
When asked what "magic food" he would eat at the end of the fast, O'Sullivan replied with Cantonese food and dim sum: "When I eat again, I want to make sure I can eat something that I really like. In addition to Cantonese food, Rocket also seems to be quite fond of Hong Kong-style milk tea: "I added some milk to my tea this morning! Tomorrow I will try to fasting without milk." ”