What game has Ronnie OSullivan bee world number one at for years?”
Eurosport’s Dave Hendon assesses the chances of rivals Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins at the Crucible and regrets yet more disputes in the running of the sport. Only once in 33 stagings of the world championship at Sheffield’s iconic Crucible Theatre have the top two seeds reached the final. That was in 1987 when Steve Davis gained revenge over Joe Johnson for his defeat the previous year. It’s a statistic that may point to disappointment for those hoping for a John Higgins v Ronnie O’Sullivan final this year. Of course, they have played in a Crucible final before, in 2001. O’Sullivan (pictured, left) won 18-14. Higgins (pictured, right), nice guy that he is, told him afterwards that he was pleased for his dad, who was incarcerated and thus unable to share in the celebrations. The two are rivals but they are also friends. They got to know one another on the junior circuit at the end of the 1980s and, then as now, it was the colourful O’Sullivan who garnered most of the media covera
Ronald Antonio “Ronnie” O’Sullivan (born 5 December 1975 in Wordsley, West Midlands),[1][2] nicknamed “The Rocket” due to his rapid playing style, is an English professional snooker player. He has been World Champion on three occasions (2001, 2004 and 2008), and is second on the all-time prize money list with career earnings of over £6 million,[3] behind only Stephen Hendry. O’Sullivan has been the world’s no. 1 player on five occasions, has won a total of 22 ranking titles and is second on the list of competitive century breaks behind Stephen Hendry. O’Sullivan is considered by many fans, critics and fellow professionals, including Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry, as the most naturally talented player in the history of the game.[4] He has also been involved in a number of controversial incidents during his career.[4] Contents [hide] * 1 Career o 1.1 Early career o 1.2 After the first world title o 1.3 2004/2005 o 1.4 2005/2006 o 1.5 2006/2007 o 1.6 2007/2008 o 1.7 2008/2009 o 1.8 2009/
Ronnie O’Sullivan has been world number one in snooker for some years now and while he is an unbelievably skillful snooker player, he is also very unpredictable, because he’s been seen to become frustrated in matches and sudden nervousness has often done him a degree of harm. When asked about such reactions to disappointments of the game he said that he tries to be a good player and he tries to remain calm during the game, but that’s hard for him because he is an emotional person.
