News today-Ronnie O’Sullivan in another war.gets brutal!

Ronnie O’Sullivan returns to the table at The Players Championship today as two of his main rivals question his form this season. After making a late decision to skip last week’s Welsh Open citing nerves, O’Sullivan will face Zhou Yuelong in the last 16 at the Telford International Centre.

His absence from Llandudno failed to take the shine off a dominant season when the 48-year-old won both the British Championship and the Masters, putting him on the brink of winning all three Triple Crowns in the same season. At the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield, which begins on April 20, he will achieve a historic step.

O’Sullivan also won the World Grand Prix and Shanghai Masters titles in 2023/24, but last month Neil Robertson said the World No 1 had defied erratic form to get results: “Ronnie lately, let’s do it right , he is. played really awful, but he was able to keep winning because people lack blacks locally and pinks locally,” the Australian told WST.

andquot;He built an unbeatable reputation this season, even though he played terribly. He even said it himself, almost laughing at it, people just can’t put him down.”

Robertson has not qualified for the Players Championship, but one man who has is Mark Selby, who will face Barry Hawkins first on Wednesday. And he has now backed Robertson’s comments, claiming O’Sullivan’s aura makes opponents collapse.

“If you rate Ronnie competitively, you know he’s won the last three tournaments, so you know right away he’s playing well,” Selby told Metro. “While I agree with Neil, I don’t think he’s played at the top of many tournaments. But he’s created that aura with what he’s achieved in his career..