{"id":298630,"date":"2023-11-28T22:54:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T22:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=298630"},"modified":"2023-11-28T22:54:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T22:54:18","slug":"ronnie-osullivan-explains-reason-behind-wearing-trainers-at-uk-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/nba\/ronnie-osullivan-explains-reason-behind-wearing-trainers-at-uk-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronnie O’Sullivan explains reason behind wearing trainers at UK Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan has explained the reason why he donned trainers as opposed to dress shoes at the UK Championship for his first-round win over Anthony McGill. He won six consecutive frames to recover from an early deficit and win 6-2 at the Barbican in York.<\/p>\n

Snooker players are typically required to wear smart, black dress shoes when competing but instead the Rocket had a pair of trainers on which left many viewers confused. However, the tournament\u2019s seven-time champion has explained that injury has forced him into a change of shoes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got plantar fasciitis which is, the easiest way to explain it is, it\u2019s like a bruise on your heel,\u201d O\u2019Sullivan told Eurosport. \u201cSo when you put your foot down, it\u2019s really sore. Leather-soled shoes just absolutely batter my feet to pieces. So I’ve had to resort to getting some really big old soles on them, just to sort of give my foot a rest, basically.\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Sullivan in his new pair of trainers took some time to warm up against McGill, losing the first two frames. He has played fewer events than usual this season and perhaps needed to shake off some rustiness, before blowing away his opponent by winning six frames in a row to advance to the last 16.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTough start, obviously, 2-0 down [in] best-of-11 playing a very, very good player,\u201d O\u2019Sullivan added. \u201cSo I felt like I had to get a grip of the game at some point, but you just never know, it could be 4-0 at the interval and going out of the tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you go through all those emotions, but you just hope you get a chance to do something. It’s not easy and there’s a lot of pressure out there. It\u2019s pressure because you want to do well in these tournaments.<\/p>\n