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Former World Snooker Champion John Parrott appears to be on the brink of calling time on his 27 year snooker career after he lost to Chinese teenager Anda Zhang in the World Championship qualifiers yesterday.
The 10-6 defeat leaves Parrott in the precarious position of 65th in the world, one place away from a spot on the tour next season and the 1991 Crucible winner was resigned in chances of competing again in the future.
“If I’m off the tour, it’s fairly certain that I’ll retire. I certainly won’t be playing any…”
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Mark Selby came back from 4-1 and 9-6 down to defeat Ronnie O’Sullivan in a final frame thriller at The Masters last night.
Selby played some truly breathtaking snooker in the last 4 frames of the match to complete an unlikely 10-9 victory and pocket €150,0000 in the process.
After clinching his second Masters crown he said: “I thought I was dead and buried at 9-6. To play Ronnie anywhere it’s a great atmosphere but this was special. I just took it a frame at a time.”
Ronnie O’Sullivan was in self-deprecating mood in spite of producing a fine comeback against Neil Robertson in the second round of The Masters.
The Rocket, who came from 3-0 down to triumph 6-4, was particular harsh in his assessment of how he thinks he is playing right now and said: “I’ve played some good matches but I’m not the player I was when I was 15 or 16 when I could pot the long ones like Robertson and score.”
“The reason I was 3-0 down was because I made a bad shot in the first frame and another…
