‘Enemies on the Bays and Best of Friends Off It’ said the commentator as two of snooker’s great competitors embraced, for some time, after their semi-final Masters battle was over.
Ronnie O’Sullivan’s Instagram photo and comment says it all ‘What a match against my brother Ding’.
This is sportsmanship around the snooker table.
Warm words between the two of them. Ronnie O’Sullivan is a big fan of Ding Junhui. They leave the hall, arm in arm, friends forever.
Ronnie O’Sullivan has form when it comes to great sportsmanship. He oozes it and he receives it. Consider both of these beautiful O’Sullivan snooker stories.
No1. Snooker’s Snooker Beats Finalist But Delivers Winner Of 2014 Sportsmanship Moments
Some still say that the 2014 UK Championship final between young Judd Trump & the then 5 times winner, Ronnie O’Sullivan, was the greatest snooker final ever. Full of twists and turns and great sportsmanship. Trump somehow came back from 9-4 down to 9-9 making breaks of 120 and 127 to level the contest, but he was lured into playing a foul, from an O’Sullivan snooker in the last frame and Judd Trump stood up and conceded the final frame to O’Sullivan…. Trump smiled and beamed as he and Ronnie spoke intimately and passionately.
Thailand’s New Snooker Star, Sunny Akani, Thanks Ronnie O’Sullivan
The smiling new snooker kid from Thailand, Sunny Akani, won everyone over with his dashing snooker, and huge smile all the way through the match, which he should have won (Ronnie agrees). It’s the post-match interview that says it all when Ronnie says that Sunny smile has won the world over to him. Sunny replies, whilst beaming a great big smile: ‘Thank you for the game!’
There was another moment of magical sportsmanship by Ronnie – did anyone see it – regarding not taking a 3rd penalty to win the match? Tell us if you did. Post a reply/comment below.
Thanks to Pat Foley for alerting me to this story.