RONNIE O'Sullivan was feeling just champion in Plymouth last night
after having defeated James Wattana 9-4 to win the British Open snooker
title, with a cheque for #36,000.
''I felt I really bullied him,'' said the Essex teenager, now quoted
at 6-1 to become the youngest winner of the World Championship on May 2.
''Those odds are a joke,'' he grinned. ''They should be 2-1. I'm only
kidding, though I do feel I've got a great chance at Sheffield.''
O'Sullivan's victory in three hours 37 minutes means he now becomes
one of the few players to have won British and UK Crowns in the same
season. He did not look back after having taken an early 3-0 lead, and
finished the first session 6-2 ahead.
''I felt I had another gear but I didn't need to use it,'' he
explained.
World No.5 Wattana looked a shadow of the player who won last month's
Thailand Open event in Bangkok which contained a 5-0result against his
Chigwell rival.
Wattana has now lost in the British final for a third year running,
with his previous defeats coming against Steve Davis and Jimmy White.
His consolation was a cheque for #20,000 and the knowledge he goes to
The Crucible provisionally ranked at No.3 in the World.
Scotland's Chris Small picked up the #1600 highest break prize for a
140 total clearance against Mike Hallett in the first round.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article