O’Sullivan to leave UK to live in Middle East

Ronnie O’Sullivan, a seven-time world champion, says he wants to move to the Middle East.

In his first tournament since reversing his grip on the Championship League in January, the Englishman, 49, was defeated by Zhao Xintong 17-7 in the semi-finals of the World Championship in Sheffield on Friday.

With a session to spare, former UK champion Zhao was able to defeat “the Rocket” with a session win over Ali Carter, Pang Junxu, and Si Jiahui, who had earlier hoped he could win a record eighth Crucible title in the modern era.

I’ll be relocating to the Middle East. We’ll see how things turn out; I might return in six months.

“A brand-new life somewhere else.” I’m not sure how that will turn out.

“I’ll still try to play snooker, but I’m not sure what the future holds in reality.”

Whether it’s playing or not, I have to try to figure out what my future will look like.

O’Sullivan has stated on numerous occasions that he has struggled with his anxiety and has taken medication to deal with it.

Given that he turns 50 in December, speculation about his future led to his three-month suspension from the sport earlier this season.

He is engaged in a personal battle at the Crucible to regain his fitness and find a new source of satisfaction.

“I’m not even sure if it was me, the ferrule, or the cue.” He said there were three things.

“I didn’t know where the white ball was going,” I said. I had no idea.

“I won’t throw the cue,” I said. People want the item, so it will be on sale.

It’s just difficult for me to concentrate because I’ve been practicing that a lot. That’s the issue, I can’t even fix it.