RONNIE O’SULLIVAN has claimed that the standard of top UK snooker events and choice of venues remind him of “car boot sales”.
And the Rocket is planning to limit his appearances at domestic tournaments this season, saying he would prefer to play more frequently in Asia.
On Saturday evening, the seven-time world snooker champion was involved in an exhibition with Jimmy White for big money in the gambling city of Macau.
On Monday morning, he arrived at Heathrow airport from Hong Kong at 6.45am – and then overcame the jetlag to beat Andrew Pagett 4-0 at lunchtime at the English Open in Brentwood.
After his held-over qualifier, rebel O’Sullivan went on a rant, taking umbrage with the staging of this week’s English Open, which is being held at a leisure centre in Essex.