The Rocket is looking out for an eighth World Championship crown.
Ronnie O’Sullivan is gearing up for the World Championship (Picture: Getty)
Ronnie O’Sullivan might need to come back by way of a nightmare bracket to safe his eighth World Championship title on the Crucible later this month. The Rocket final triumphed on the World Championship in 2022 when he defeated Judd Trump in the course of the ultimate.
If issues go to plan for O’Sullivan this time round, it could possibly be one other ultimate conflict towards Trump at this yr’s showpiece in Sheffield. That’s as a result of, following the conclusion of the Tour Championship quarter-finals, the seeding bracket for the 2026 World Championship has been finalised.
Clearly, it isn’t a provided that the entire high seeds will progress by way of their matches, however hypothetically talking, in the event that they did, it’s doubtless O’Sullivan would come up towards John Higgins within the spherical of 16. It might be an early check of O’Sullivan’s credentials, given Higgins can also be a wily operator with loads of Crucible expertise.
A victory in that match may arrange an equally mouth-watering tie towards fellow former champion, Neil Robertson. The Aussie has loved a resurgence in recent times and has been one of many standout gamers on the ongoing Tour Championship.
“I’ve had fairly yr, actually. I felt like I performed actually fairly good in the beginning of the season, higher than I used to be, after which I had a dip for a few months. January and February wasn’t good and I assumed: ‘Right here we go’, however I’ve managed to tug it again a bit of bit.
“We’ll simply see the way it goes. I wasn’t even going to play within the World Championship 10 days in the past as a result of I used to be too scared. I felt like I’d embarrass myself. However now I really feel I most likely will go, as a result of I really feel like I would pot just a few balls. It’s not nice, I’m not in an ideal, great spot with it, however I’m higher than I used to be possibly two weeks in the past.”
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