The 2025 version of the World Snooker Championship may very well be with out the game’s greatest star, Ronnie O’Sullivan.
O’Sullivan has been topped champion at The Crucible seven instances throughout his wonderful profession, however the possibilities of an eighth are trying slim.
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The 49-year-old is one in every of Britain’s biggest sportspeople, however he has been primarily absent this season.
The final time O’Sullivan performed competitively was in January within the Championship League.
In consequence, he’s down in thirty first on the one-year checklist, that means he missed out on the prospect to compete at The Gamers and Tour Championships.
And with the World Snooker Championship quick approaching, O’Sullivan may very well be absent.
Is Ronnie O’Sullivan taking part in within the World Snooker Championship?
Because it stands, it’s unclear if O’Sullivan will likely be at The Crucible this yr.
He admitted earlier this yr that the choice can be left to the final minute.
He stated: “I haven’t made my thoughts up, I’ll in all probability decide on perhaps the seventeenth or 18th of April.
“I’d love to have the ability to go there and play, I’d love to have the ability to have the arrogance to have the ability to get my cue out and go and play snooker.
“I simply want to present myself as a lot time as attainable to see the place I’m at with it, and see whether or not it’s one thing I’m going to have the ability to do.”
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However O’Sullivan does not really feel like his recreation is in a very good place in any respect.
He stated: “I might be joyful to win a match. If I flip up at Sheffield and I win a match, I might go ‘that’s an enormous victory for me’. It actually can be.
“I do know I’ve acquired the expertise and I do know that it’s there but it surely’s simply discovering it. I haven’t discovered it for 3 or 4 years.
“I had a spell in 2022 from January till the world championship the place I received it and beat Judd Trump within the remaining and felt nice.
“Apart from that, the final 4 years have been so appalling I’m undecided what to anticipate actually.
“In 2013, I do know I hadn’t picked a cue up for 9 months however the minute I did choose my cue up I felt like I couldn’t miss.
“On the observe desk I felt like I used to be hitting the balls as candy as ever. My confidence was there.
“That is fully totally different. If I used to be to be trustworthy, I’d ask myself this query . . . the place would I rank myself on efficiency in comparison with the place everybody else is in the mean time?
“I’d in all probability say I’d be fortunate if I made the highest 32. There are such a lot of good gamers round and the usual may be very, excellent.
“So, I have to be good to have the ability to compete with the highest guys.”
Regardless of his fall down the world rankings, O’Sullivan does not need to qualify to be at The Crucible, so he can go away it till the final second to determine.
The draw for the primary spherical takes place on Thursday, April 17, so he would have needed to determine by then.
World Snooker Championship: Date and learn how to comply with
The 2025 World Snooker Championship will start on April 19 and can run till Could 5.
The event will likely be held on the iconic Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
Morning classes are scheduled to start at 10am every day, with afternoon classes beginning at 2:30pm and night classes at 7pm.
The ultimate will start at 1pm on Sunday, Could 4 and Monday, Could 5, with the night classes for the ultimate starting at 7pm.
Followers will have the ability to watch the motion reside and free-to-air throughout the BBC and on iPlayer.
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