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Ronnie: I'm not the best player ever

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Vincent
Published date24 April 2024
Publication titleBirmingham Mail (England)
O'Sullivan is already routinely described as the best player to pick up a cue after a record-breaking career that includes eight Masters and eight UK titles within a total of 41 ranking tournament wins

But the 48-year-old, who starts his first-round match against Welsh qualifier Jackson Page today, has never been one to pore over the record books.

"I don't regard myself as the greatest of all time," said O'Sullivan. "Statistically, I suppose I am, but I'm just happy to be playing.

"I suppose as a kid I would have been desperate to be up with those guys but when you get there it's a bit of an anticlimax - it's not as great as you thought it would be."

O'Sullivan, who won his first world title in 2001,sits on seven alongside Hendry, with Davis and Ray Reardon one behind on six wins each.

Yet while the title-winning eras of those fellow greats spanned less than a decade, O'Sullivan's longevity, which shows all the signs of pushing on beyond a quarter...

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