Ronnie O’Sullivan hits out at ‘flat’ atmosphere at the Northern Ireland Open

Ronnie O’Sullivan voiced his annoyance at the ‘flat’ atmosphere inside Belfast’s Waterfront Hall that has left him ‘bored’ at the Northern Ireland Open.

O’Sullivan revealed his boredom following a first-round win over Andy Hicks and he’ll hope issues enhance significantly previous to his second-round match-up with Alfie Burden on Thursday.  

‘It was very flat out there. I used to be very bored,’ O’Sullivan instructed wst.television. ‘I simply needed to get out of there as rapidly as attainable.’

Ronnie O’Sullivan (pictured at the World Snooker Championships in April) has revealed he’s bored taking part in at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall for the Northern Ireland Open because of atmosphere

Waterfront Hall is internet hosting the event however O’Sullivan has up to now been lower than impressed

O’Sullivan hardly ever bites his tongue lately and he was removed from complimentary about the crowd inside the Belfast venue.

Speaking in an interview with Eurosport following the 4-1 win over Hicks, he reminisced about ‘each match’ at tournaments feeling ‘like a Champions League night time’.  

‘I type of struggled with the desk and I struggled with the atmosphere – there was actually no atmosphere out there,’ O’Sullivan added to Eurosport. 

‘I’m taking part in alright, so usually I can generate the atmosphere however, I do not know… It felt like years in the past, each time we performed a event, each match felt like an enormous night time, like a Champions League night time, whereas out there, it was poor… it was arduous.

‘I do not know, you’ve got acquired all these video games occurring, you’ve got acquired folks strolling about, you realize… I struggled. It’s the atmosphere. These flat attracts, you’ve got simply acquired to hope you get by way of to the quarters and click on right into a spark.

‘It was very flat out there. I used to be very bored out there… I simply needed to get out of there as rapidly as attainable, to be trustworthy with you. I used to be considering, “please, just don’t let this go long, two-three hours”.

O’Sullivan he can develop into the event and historical past suggests he greatest rid himself of the boredom having  reached the remaining of the competitors for the final three years, solely to be been crushed by Judd Trump every time. 

He added that his perspective was that he was not overly bothered if he received or misplaced his match with Hicks, so eager was he to complete because of boredom. 

 O’Sullivan (pictured in April) described it as ‘flat’ and he did not care if he received or misplaced his match

Victory has put O’Sullivan into the last-32 the place he’ll tackle Burden from noon on Thursday. 

Burden was a 4-2 winner towards Yuan Sijun in his opening match however goes in as a serious underdog towards O’Sullivan. 

While O’Sullivan made gentle work of Hicks it was not so easy for world No 1 Mark Selby.

Selby was pushed to victory on the remaining black to defeat China’s Cao Yupeng 4-3.

Cao was left needing a snooker and as he cleared to the black victory was in sight, just for him to overlook and Selby was handed a chance to clinch victory, which he did.