O’Sullivan to make a late decision on the apparition of the world championship

The seven -time winner Ronnie O’Sullivan will be given “as long as possible” to decide whether to compete with the Snoocer World Championship.

The 49 -year -old Englishman has always been present at the crogiolo since he became a professional in 1992 and would go for an eighth world title in the modern era.

However, he did not play at the World Snoocer Tour (WST) since January, when he retired from his championship group – and was so frustrated with his game that he triggered his signal after losing four of his five games.

O’Sullivan subsequently pulled out of the Masters of Alexandra Palace for medical reasons, the German masters were missing in Berlin and Sorry with the fans After choosing not to play the Welsh Open.

He also retired from the Hong Kong World Grand Prix in March, increasing the speculation that may not return to Sheffield in action, where it is one of the seeds.

“I still don’t know. I have not decided, I will probably make a decision on perhaps 17 or 18 April,” said O’Sullivan on TNT Sports.

“I don’t know when I will have to play my first game, so I’ll try to leave me as much time as possible.

“I would like to be able to go there and play. I would like to be able to have the security of being able to go out and go playing my Snooker.

“I just have to allow myself as much time as possible to see where I find myself and see if it is something that I will be able to do.”

The World Championship, which is considered the hardest test of sport, begins on April 19 and lasts 17 days until May 5.

The qualification for the event ends on April 16 and if “The Rocket” retired on the eve of the tournament, it would mean a qualifier who receives a greeting in the second round.