Ronnie has withdrawn from the 2025 World Grand Prix

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WST has shared the news that Ronnie has with drawn from the 2025 World Grand Prix …

Ronnie O’Sullivan has pulled out of next week’s World Grand Prix in Hong Kong for medical reasons.
 
O’Sullivan was due to face Si Jiahui in the opening round on Wednesday. Instead he will be replaced by the next player in line, Hossein Vafaei who is 33rd in the Johnstone’s Paint One-Year Rankings. Vafaei will replace O’Sullivan directly in the draw and will play Si.
 
The tournament features the leading 32 players of the season so far and will run from March 4th to 9th, staged in Hong Kong for the first time.

Despite promising in a video on the event site, to make his come back at 2025 World Grand Prix, Ronnie has again withdrawn for medical reasons… and, I must admit that this time, it gets me seriously worried. For the first time, I consider the real possibility that he may not play at the Crucible and that he may put an end to his career altogether. It would be sad if it all ended this way. 😥

5 thoughts on “Ronnie has withdrawn from the 2025 World Grand Prix”

  1. Yes, his career could have ended in a nicer way. But I’d be shocked if he played the World’s. In any case after the Masters withdrawal the way the rest of the season shaped up doesn’t surprise me, although Hong Kong fans might feel really let down after all those promises to play.

  2. I’ve been assuming that Ronnie’s 3-year contract with Saudi Arabia means that he can’t “retire” until the contract has ended, but the contract apparently doesn’t actually require him to “play” very much either, other than perhaps in the Saudi events…

  3. Here is his statement: ‘I am very disappointed not to be competing.
    ‘I had been eager to make my comeback in Hong Kong and have put in my utmost effort, but unfortunately must consider my health.

    ‘I wish to sincerely thank the organisers and all the Hong Kong fans for their support.’

    I still believe he will come back at some future point and I always believed it would be this season, but maybe he will need more time.

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