Fresh Welsh Open champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has confirmed that he will play at the World Grand Prix ranking event in Wales next month. O'Sullivan qualified for his event after defeating Neil Robertson 9-5 at the Welsh Open in Cardiff last weekend.
O'Sullivan, a five-time world champion, is in demand for exhibition matches all over the world. He was scheduled to play such a match with Jimmy White in Morocco on March 12th, but now the event has been postponed for April 9th. The World Grand Prix takes place between 8 and 13 March in Llandudno, Wales.
"The Rocket" has played in this tournament last year, managed to reach the final but lost 10-7 to Judd Trump. After this event there will be just two more ranking tournaments, the Players Championship and China Open, before the grand finale of the season: the World Championship in Sheffield. O'Sullivan said he is "not really bothered" about the World Championship this year and that he will "treat it like a vacation".
Even so, he is the top favourite to win the World Championship according to the bookmakers: he is 7/4 at Bet365 to win his sixth title at the Crucible this season.
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sharpe
03/19/16, 12:03:46 AM
His participation was too short though, he lost first round not giving his fans enough time to enjoy his rare appearance. Ronnie is very unmanageable for a World...
His participation was too short though, he lost first round not giving his fans enough time to enjoy his rare appearance. Ronnie is very unmanageable for a World Snooker board but still I hope like huge fan of his to watch him play in many tournaments as possible in future. Exhibitions are fine but he has to be concentrated on his performance in tour, he could play exhibitions for the rest of his life.
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