Ronnie O’Sullivan talks about ‘erratic’ Judd Trump’s performance at Riyadh Season World Masters of Snooker – ‘worst I’ve ever seen him’

Ronnie O’Sullivan said Judd Trump’s play in beating his rival on Wednesday to reach the Riyadh season’s World Masters final was “the worst I’ve ever seen”.

After the match, O’Sullivan told Eurosport that he felt both players’ performances were below average and that he had “dragged Trump to his level”.

“It wasn’t great,” he admitted. “Judd, that was probably the worst play I’ve ever seen. I brought him down to my level, and that’s what I seem to be doing most of this season. .

“We played really well last night, so we came here expecting a little bit to play well for the second game in a row, but we were disappointed.”

President Trump echoed O’Sullivan’s sentiments, saying, “This is the worst feeling I’ve felt in a while.”

“I didn’t play very well. I felt terrible,” Trump said. “I was shaking and it was one of the worst performances I’ve had in years and I didn’t feel well at all.

“Even when he left me a chance, even when I knew I was going to miss, it didn’t feel good.

“It’s been a good season so far, but probably one of the worst I’ve felt in a while.”

Trump narrowly defeated Sean Murphy in his first match in Riyadh to advance to the semi-finals, but admitted he was not feeling well despite a strong season.

“Even in the first match I didn’t feel well and was very unstable,” he told Eurosport. “I don’t know why, but it happened many times when he was having a good season.

“Maybe I put too much pressure on myself instead of just going out and playing relaxed like I’ve been doing all season. We had a lot of chances but we didn’t take them. .”

O’Sullivan admitted he no longer gets “excited” because he wins tournaments too often, but there is still a chance he could become the first player to make the historic 167 break.

“I just want to play middling,” O’Sullivan said. “I don’t even want to play well, I just want to play middlingly, enjoy the game and compete.

“But sometimes when I don’t play well, I lose a little bit of belief in myself and my confidence goes down. But even if I don’t play great, I still play attacking, aggressive snooker. Because that’s the only way you can truly win. ”