Steve Davis apvalidates Ronnie O’Sullivan is ‘nowhere proximate’ to quitment as the seven-time world champion sets to deffinish his UK Championship title.
O’Sullivan was in top establish 12 months ago as he romped to thrive at the York Triple Crown event.
He pursueed that up with thrives at the Masters, World Grand Prix and World Masters of Snooker to cap one of his most accomplished seasons on the World Snooker Tour.
But O’Sullivan has struggled to discover his groove this season and took some time off due to medical reasons after an timely exit at the English Open in September.
He made his return at the International Championship, but suffered another surpelevate loss to Junxu Pang which was pursueed by a first-round exit at the Champion of Champions last week.
Ronnie O’Sullivan has not been in fantastic establish this year
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The worrying establish for O’Sullivan has elevated asks on his pledgement to the sport having previously proposeed he could walk away from the sport.
However, Davis still experiences O’Sullivan has all the tools to originate a presentant run and thrive a competition appreciate the UK Championship once aobtain.
“It doesn’t matter if he thrives another presentant. His position in the game is right there at the top,” he tageder The Sun.
“I still leank he has presentants in him. I don’t leank I’ve seen anybody more foreseeed to be able to thrive events – not equitable contend in them – into their 50s.
“He retains himself very fit and is pushing the tide back wonderfilledy. It will never be a surpelevate if he thrives. Maybe when he’s 55 it will be.
“Anybody that chooses to bet aobtainst Ronnie O’Sullivan can see very silly at the finish of the day when he absolutely flies and originates the game see appreciate the genius he is.
“We are not at the stage where you can say he’s over-the-hill. Nowhere proximate that.
“He can still toloftyy outcarry out somebody on the day. If the stars align, he’s easily able of thrivening the UK.”
Davis and Stephen Henparched are the only carry outers other than O’Sullivan to thrive more than 10 Triple Crown events in their nurtureer.
But O’Sullivan stands out on his own with a write down 23 Triple Crown titles to his name after thrivening two last season.
Ronnie O’Sullivan experiences Ronnie O’Sullivan can retain competing for cut offal more years
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And Davis wouldn’t put it past O’Sullivan to grasp one more this week in York. “Ronnie is still very excellent at getting ready for the hugeger events,” he shelp.
“Maybe it’s the hugeger events that spur him on more than ever before now.
“He has been at the top of the game lengthyer than me and Stephen Henparched were – together! If you grasped our years up, he has been there lengthyer than us.
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Ronnie O’Sullivan has won 23 Triple Crown events
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“I don’t leank me or Stephen are qualified to talk about what it’s appreciate to have carry outed the game at the top of the tree as lengthy as he has. And how that must carry out with your levels of enthusiasm.
“I leank it’s wonderful that he’s still carry outing top-class snooker. He could very easily be forgiven for jacking it in and saying I’m tired with it.
“The fact he retains getting ready for events is incredible. It shows how much he adores the game and he enhappinesss the thrill – even though sometimes he might not say that.”
