Snooker star Ronnie O’Sullivan hauls out of Welsh Open over ‘anxiety in front of large audiences’

Snooker star Ronnie O’Sullivan has declared he has pulled out of the following week’s Welsh Open in Llandudno over “anxiety in front of large audiences” welcomed on by nervousness.

The world number one, 48, has partaken in a fruitful season up until this point, bringing home the UK Title, the Bosses and the World Fabulous Prix.

However, the seven-time title holder’s profession has progressively been hounded by wellbeing concerns, which have seen him pull out from lower-positioning occasions.

O’Sullivan composed on X: “Morning folks, I needed to tell you that I’ve chosen I’m not ready to play in Llandudno one week from now.

“It’s difficult to make sense of however for quite a long time I’ve experienced anxiety in front of large audiences on occasion, welcomed on by uneasiness. It’s not something I can anticipate or control however I attempt to oversee it decently well.

“Please accept my apologies to each and every individual who’s purchased tickets however I can’t get my signal out when I feel like this and I think this’ best for me at the present time.

“I actually need to be around the competition so I’ll accomplish a few work with Eurosport and I desire to see you for the most part present.”

The Welsh Open is the seventh positioning competition he has chosen not to play this season, as well as the Boss of Champions occasion in Bolton in November.

He additionally pulled out of the German Experts in January, saying he expected to “make wellbeing and prosperity the need”.

“It’s been a tiring and testing season for me up until this point, notwithstanding the way that it might appear with the competition wins, so trust you get it,” he told his German fans on X at that point.

It came after O’Sullivan limped through his Reality Open qualifier against Alfie Weight in Barnsley last month – where he was given extraordinary consent by World Snooker to wear coaches because of a foot injury – to book his spot in the last phases of the competition.

Prior in January, he depicted Alexandra Royal residence, which has organized the Bosses competition starting around 2012, as “sickening” and “messy”.

O’Sullivan has been explored by his game’s overseeing body over remarks he made about unsanctioned presentation matches, as well as an indecent tirade about his unpleasant opponent Ali Carter following his Lords last win.

In a meeting after the match, he said: “He really wants to figure his life out. I won’t skirt around it any more, pussyfooting on eggshells around somebody like that. He’s bad dream.”