JUST IN: Commentator Ronnie O’Sullivan departs from snooker…….

Neal Foulds, the snooker analyst for Eurosport, was perplexed by what happened in the latter moments of Ronnie O’Sullivan’s World

Open loss against Hossein Vafaei. The Iranian opponent of the Rockets claimed a historic victory in China, but the match went down

to the final few balls of the decisive session.

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Despite snookers, the world No. 1 was up by 26 points with just 27 available on the table. A reasonably straightforward black ball was

all that was needed to virtually guarantee victory. To everyone’s surprise inside the arena, O’Sullivan missed the target and gave Vafaei

the momentum instead.

He took full advantage of the opportunity to clear the remaining table, and O’Sullivan responded with a friendly handshake as they

conversed.

And Foulds couldn’t believe O’Sullivan had squandered such a simple opportunity on the black. “I can’t believe he played it at that

speed,” he replied. “Although he is the greatest player of all time, I genuinely believe he wouldn’t have missed it if he had played that

slowly.” He was unaware of the shot’s pace.”

Vafaei felt he had blown the opportunity to win when O’Sullivan made a terrible error on a red that allowed the 48-year-old to pounce.

O’Sullivan appeared to be the clear winner, but he had a terrible performance.

Vafaei said to the World Snooker Tour, “I feel great, but to be honest with you, I’m still shocked how I missed that red.” “I dropped so

quickly that my

“I am overjoyed to have won.” My hero is O’Sullivan. It’s a dream come true to play against Ronnie O’Sullivan alone, but what about

victory?”

Vafaei’s victory may have been crucial since it preserved his prospects of making it to both the World Championship and the 12-man

Tour Championship in Manchester at the beginning of next month.

Thanks in part to O’Sullivan’s unexpected miss on the black, Vafaei is in an excellent position to qualify for the season-ending Crucible

event and would guarantee him a spot in Manchester with another victory over Ding.

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