‘It feels terrible!’ – Neal Foulds on ‘horrific’ error from Ronnie O’Sullivan at Scottish Open
/dnl.eurosport.com/sd/img/placeholder/eurosport_logo_1x1.png){kind=logo}
ByEurosport
Published 11/12/2021 at 16:01 GMT
Ronnie O’Sullivan made what Neal Foulds said would have felt like a “horrific” error during his Scottish Open semi-final against John Higgins. The former world number six added that the shot would leave O’Sullivan feeling “terrible”. Stream the Scottish Open live and on-demand on discovery+
‘It feels terrible!’ – Foulds on ‘horrific’ error from O’Sullivan
Ronnie O’Sullivan misjudged a long red during his Scottish Open semi-final against John Higgins at Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales.
The Rocket – in the midst of a safety exchange – sized up a long red to the top pocket with the pink in his line of sight. However, the six-time world champion got his angles wrong and clattered the red into the pink, scattering some of the rest of the pack across the table.
“As a snooker player - or a former player in my case - when you hit a ball on the way through [to] the pocket, it feels terrible,” began Neal Foulds.
That [the red] wouldn't have been very close to the pot, but just hitting a ball on the way through it looks a horrific error that you've made.
“There are about four or five balls that moved there.”
Higgins would go on to win the match 6-1, extending his fine recent record against O’Sullivan to book his place in the final.
The Scot dominated the match from the off against a below-par O’Sullivan and took advantage of the errors from his opponent and the favourable run of the balls to secure a 6-1 win.
Higgins has tasted defeat in the three finals he has contested this season, English Open, Northern Ireland Open and Champion of Champions, but will have high hopes of going one better in Llandudno after producing some of his best snooker of the week.
- - -
Stream the Scottish Open and other top snooker live and on-demand on discovery+. You can also watch all the action live via Eurosport and at eurosport.co.uk
Scan me
Related Topics
Share this article
Advertisement
Advertisement