‘It’s like asking Roger Federer to play table tennis’ – Ronnie O’Sullivan reacts to debut defeat in £1.2m tournament

RONNIE O'SULLIVAN reckons his foray into Chinese billiards is equal to Roger Federer picking up table tennis. Snooker great O'Sullivan, 50, acquitted himself relatively well at the Huacai Billiards World Open last week, winning his opening two matches. But after 15-9 and 15-12 victories over Ivan Kakovskiy and Suung Kim came 5-15 and 6-17 hammerings...