Today was the traditional media day ahead of the World Championship … with the traditional Group photo

Missing in this picture are Judd Trump and John Higgins who is facing a difficult family situation as his father in law, his wife Denise’s father, had a heart attack and is a critical condition. I can only hope that things will turn for the best for Denise’s father and for the whole family.

Ronnie was interviewed by Rob Walker

Ronnie is struggling with his game, and because of that with his confidence, but still sounded reasonably positive. He wants to give himself two years to try and rediscover the way he used to play. The puzzling thing is that he feels that the issue has been “building” for the last six years, i.e since 2019. He’s won the World Championship twice since 2019 as he did lift the trophy in in 2020 and in 2022. It’s also interesting to hear that he’s been practicing with Barry Hawkins who is an excellent all-rounder who often performs well at the Crucible. Ronnie is due to play Ali Carter who seems to be in really excruciating pain with his neck injury.

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