After the emphatic 13-2 victory, Ronnie O’Sullivan, who attacked Hossein Vafai several times, responded with a hug. A multiple world champion and a huge figure in snooker history, “The Rocket” tells how he copes with the comments of his opponents who criticize him.

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Ronnie O’Sullivan says he doesn’t have time to focus on one particular player

After “advising” Vafaea to retire from snooker, Ronnie hit his opponent across the table and the Englishman finished the last 16 match at the Crucible ahead of what was to be a deciding session (13-2).

In an intervention on Eurosport, O’Sullivan explains the method by which he easily evades the attacks of his opponents.

Referring exclusively to Hossein’s recent comments, the reigning world champion says he did not take the Iranian’s comments personally.

Ronnie admits that during his career there were five or six people who captured him in one way or another. He used those words to prove he still matters in the sport he made history in before the age of 47.

“It’s not that I took (Hossein Wafai’s) comments personally, probably five or six people said something about me during my career. They inspired me to prove to myself that I could still play snooker at a high level.

I play between 50 and 100 matches a year and I have to win them all. There is no point in focusing on one particular player and what he did.

I don’t tell him anything, that little black part is locked in my memory and it helped me a lot” – Ronnie O’Sullivanafter qualifying for the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship in the Crucible.

Ronnie O’Sullivan hugs Hossein Vafai at the end of their World Snooker Championship round of 16 match

O’Sullivan v Hossain, scored in each frame

78(78)-1 / 78(78)-0 / 53-70(64) / 120(69,51)-0 / 74-29 / 102(102)-0 / 88(57)-42 / 44- 64(58) / 86-7 / 60(58)-59(59) / 89(68)-0 / 82(82)-47 / 72(64)-2 / 107(107)-0 / 116(116 ) )-16.

+50 breaks reached by two

O’Sullivan: 116, 107, 102, 82, 78, 78, 69, 68, 64, 58, 57, 51

Vafaei: 64, 59, 58

Total points: O’Sullivan (1249) – Vafai (337)

After winning the Crucible, O’Sullivan leads 3-1 in head-to-head matches against Vafai (28 years old, ranked 23rd in the world).

Know:

• In the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship, Ronnie O’Sullivan will meet the ninth player in the world, Luka Bresel.

• The Belgian made one of the surprises in the Crucible, beating Mark Williams (three-time world champion – 2000, 2003 and 2018) with a score of 13-11.

• At the age of 47, O’Sullivan is the world number one and has been crowned Crucible champion 7 times in a dream career: 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020 and 2022.

How to play at the World Snooker Championship

• Matches in the first round were best of 19 frames, while the second round was best of 25 frames, as in the quarters.

• In the semi-finals, the winner will be determined by the “best of 33 frames” system, and finally, in the grand final, the winner will be determined by the “best of 35 frames”.

How it will be in the final

• There will be 8 frames in the first session of the final. The second session will consist of 9 frames, the third of 8 frames. Finally, the final session will have a maximum of 10 frames (may or may not all be played, depending on the score on the table).

How WC Snooker 2023 money is distributed

Winner: £500,000

Second place: £200,000

Semi-Final: £100,000

Quarters: £50,000

Second round: £30,000

First round: £20,000.

You can read the full presentation of the World Snooker Championship here.

List of all Crucible champions

2022 – Ronnie O’Sullivan

2021 – Mark Selby

2020 – Ronnie O’Sullivan

2019 – Judd Trump

2018 – Mark Williams

2017 – Mark Selby

2016 – Mark Selby

2015 – Stuart Bingham

2014 – Mark Selby

2013 – Ronnie O’Sullivan

2012 – Ronnie O’Sullivan

2011 – John Higgins

2010 – Neil Robertson

2009 – John Higgins

2008 – Ronnie O’Sullivan

2007 – John Higgins

2006 – Graham Dott

2005 – Sean Murphy

2004 – Ronnie O’Sullivan

2003 – Mark Williams

2002 – Peter Ebdon

2001 – Ronnie O’Sullivan

2000 – Mark Williams

1999 – Stephen Hendy

1998 – John Higgins

1997 – Ken Doherty

1996 – Stephen Hendry

1995 – Stephen Hendry

1994 – Stephen Hendry

1993 – Stephen Hendry

1992 – Stephen Hendry

1991 – John Parrott

1990 – Stephen Hendry

1989 – Steve Davis

1988 – Steve Davis

1987 – Steve Davis

1986 – Joe Johnson

1985 – Dennis Taylor

1984 – Steve Davis

1983 – Steve Davis

1982 – Alex Higgins

1981 – Steve Davis

1980 – Cliff Thorburn

1979 – Terry Griffiths

1987 – Ray Reardon

1977 – John Spencer.

The Crucible Theater is a place where dreams come true

• The Crucible Theater was located in the center of Sheffield (South Yorkshire) and was built in 1971.

• Architect: “RHWL ​​Architects” (1961-2015). Since 1977, hosts the World Snooker Championship every year.

• Address: 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield. It is designed for 980 seats. He appeared at the “Playhouse of the Repertory Theater”. In addition to snooker, competitions were also played here table tennis and squash.

• It underwent renovations between 2007 and 2009 and was officially re-opened on February 18, 2010. The total cost of the renovation was 15 million pounds.