Currently, the championship league that has caught the attention of snooker enthusiasts around the world is in full swing. However, fans have already missed the sight of O'Sullivan in this event. This is because not long ago, O'Sullivan not only lost control of his emotions during the game, smashing the table and throwing away his cue, but also directly announced his withdrawal after the game. What exactly happened to make this number one player in the history of snooker so emotionally out of control?
According to the match schedule, O'Sullivan's opponent for this round of the championship league was the renowned player Milkins. However, this match brought O'Sullivan's bad mood in the championship league to a peak. At the time, in the fourth round of the competition, O'Sullivan missed a very simple pink ball. After this mistake, O'Sullivan's emotions erupted, and he angrily struck the table with his cue. However, he quickly realized that this was wrong, so O'Sullivan immediately apologized to the referee and Milkins. But it was obvious that O'Sullivan's dejected mood continued, and in the next round he hit the red ball pile hard with the white ball. In the end, Milkins accepted this gift and won the match with a score of 3:2.
After losing this match, O'Sullivan was very depressed. As a result, he directly announced his withdrawal from the snooker championship league after the game, and according to the match schedule, his next opponent was Carter. As a result, O'Sullivan's points in the group were reset to zero, becoming the bottom-ranked player in the group and being eliminated directly. After announcing his withdrawal, O'Sullivan threw his cue into a trash can. Finally, it was a friend who helped retrieve the cue for him. After withdrawing from the championship league, O'Sullivan's next match will be the Masters starting on January 12th, where he will compete as the defending champion, with his first-round opponent being Higgins.
So, why did O'Sullivan lose control of his emotions in such a match? In fact, there were early signs of this. In the third group of the championship league, O'Sullivan's state was actually quite good. However, he only won one match out of five. In the first match, he scored a single shot of 128 points, but still lost to Wakelin with a score of 2:3. Then, in the second match, he lost to Kyren Wilson with a score of 1:3. In the third match, although he scored single shots of 84 and 101 points, he still lost to Selby.
It wasn't until the fourth match against Jack Jones that he finally defeated his opponent 3:2 and achieved his first victory. However, in this match, O'Sullivan frankly stated that his efforts were useless due to his poor performance. By the fifth match, he could have won, but he missed a very simple shot in the game, which ultimately led to the emotional outburst accumulated in the championship league and thus lost control. Therefore, after this match, O'Sullivan directly withdrew from the competition.