Ronnie O’Sullivan has withdrawn from subsequent week’s Welsh Open, citing an ongoing battle with stage fright.

The world primary, who has been in flying type this season, received’t function within the rating occasion that commences on Monday in Llandudno.

O’Sullivan has loved a prolific 2023/24 snooker season through which he has captured titles in 4 notable tournaments.

After triumphing on the Shanghai Masters in September, the 48 year-old secured back-to-back Triple Crown titles together with his wins on the UK Championship and the Masters.

Following these successes, O’Sullivan additionally beat Judd Trump to land the World Grand Prix crown final month.

Nonetheless, the Englishman has additionally incessantly pulled out of occasions throughout this marketing campaign – citing diseases and psychological well being considerations.

Certainly, this might be his seventh withdrawal from a rating occasion this time period, whereas O’Sullivan additionally skipped his defence of the Champion of Champions in November.

“Morning guys,” Ronnie O’Sullivan, a four-time Welsh Open champion, posted on his numerous social media channels.

“I wished to let you recognize that I’ve determined I’m not capable of play in Llandudno subsequent week.”

“It’s onerous to clarify, however for years I’ve suffered from stage fright at instances, introduced on by nervousness.

“It’s not one thing I can predict or management, however I attempt to handle it as greatest as I can.

“I’m sorry to everybody who’s purchased tickets, however I can’t get my cue out after I really feel like this, and I believe this (is) what’s greatest for me proper now.

“I nonetheless need to be across the event, so I’ll be performing some work with Eurosport, and I hope to see you all there.”

O’Sullivan’s opponent on the Venue Cymru within the held-over round-of-128 fixture was on account of be Liam Graham.

The younger Scot was additionally set to play O’Sullivan within the Scottish Open in December, just for the seven-time world champion to withdraw on the final minute.

“It’s disrespectful what he’s performed, it’s not proper,” Graham mentioned on the Scottish Open, as quoted by the Each day Report.

“Lots of people took time without work work to come back and watch as we speak and it’s disappointing.”

“On the finish of the day I need to play the very best gamers on the earth and I used to be actually trying ahead to it.

“I had lots of people coming to look at and it’s actually disappointing for them. It’s not stunning given the issues he does.

“I discovered after I obtained to the venue this morning. I didn’t have a lot prior warning, I believe he pulled out very late.

“I’d have stayed at dwelling and all of the individuals who have travelled to look at me would have come one other day as effectively.”

The announcement from Ronnie O’Sullivan implies that each of this season’s in-form stars received’t be cueing up in Llandudno.

World quantity two Trump, the winner of 4 rating titles this season together with in Berlin every week in the past, additionally withdrew a couple of days in the past.

That leaves Mark Allen as the very best ranked contender within the area, with world champion Luca Brecel additionally set to take part.

The Welsh Open begins on Monday, with the champion to be topped subsequent Sunday.

2024 Welsh Open draw

Spherical of 128 (bo7)

Remaining matches to be performed on Monday, Feb twelfth and Tuesday, Feb thirteenth

Robert Milkins vs Jamie Jones (Feb 12)
Allan Taylor 4-2 Haydon Pinhey
David Gilbert 4-0 Ken Doherty
Oliver Traces 4-3 Michael White
Jack Lisowski vs Oliver Brown (Feb 12)
Liam Pullen 4-0 Rebecca Kenna
Gary Wilson 4-1 Mark Davis
Iulian Boiko 4-0 Ishpreet Singh Chadha

Lengthy Zehuang 4-1 Andy Lee
Anthony McGill 4-1 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Sanderson Lam 4-0 Baipat Siripaporn
Mark Williams vs John Astley (Feb 12)
Matthew Stevens 4-3 Louis Heathcote
Ricky Walden 4-2 Andy Hicks
Stuart Carrington 4-2 Reanne Evans
Neil Robertson vs Jackson Web page (Feb 12)

Mark Allen vs Cao Yupeng (Feb 12)
Ma Hailong 4-2 Rory Thor
Si Jiahui 4-2 Stephen Maguire
Andrew Pagett 4-2 Mink Nutcharut
Ding Junhui vs Jenson Kendrick (Feb 12)
Robbie Williams 4-0 Peng Yisong
Adam Duffy 4-0 Zhou Yuelong
Jamie Clarke 4-3 James Cahill

David Lilley 4-0 Victor Sarkis
Ryan Day 4-3 Mostafa Dorgham
Tian Pengfei 4-0 Rod Lawler
John Higgins vs Mohamed Ibrahim (Feb 12)
Ross Muir 4-2 Stephen Hendry
Matthew Selt 4-3 Sam Craigie
Alexander Ursenbacher vs Riley Powell/Liam Davies (Feb 13)
Duane Jones vs Liam Highfield (Feb 12)

TBC vs Liam Graham (Feb 12)
Dominic Dale 4-1 Jimmy White
Jordan Brown 4-3 Lyu Haotian
Stan Moody 4-2 Sean O’Sullivan
Zhang Anda vs Ahmed Aly Elsayed (Feb 12)
Jak Jones 4-3 Liu Hongyu
Hossein Vafaei 4-1 Scott Donaldson
Julien Leclercq 4-3 Alfie Burden

Dylan Emery 4-1 Fergal O’Brien
Noppon Saengkham 4-1 Himanshu Jain
Andrew Higginson 4-2 Xing Zihao
Ali Carter vs Elliot Slessor (Feb 12)
Ben Mertens 4-0 Hammad Miah
Fan Zhengyi 4-2 Joe Perry
Aaron Hill 4-0 Anton Kazakov
Mark Selby vs Yuan Sijun (Feb 12)

Shaun Murphy vs David Grace (Feb 12)
Daniel Wells 4-2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Marco Fu 4-1 Stuart Bingham
Zak Surety 4-2 Mark Joyce
Kyren Wilson vs Ashley Carty (Feb 12)
Anthony Hamilton 4-0 Andres Petrov
Chris Wakelin 4-0 Jimmy Robertson
Martin O’Donnell 4-3 Ryan Thomerson

Ian Burns 4-2 Lukas Kleckers
Tom Ford 4-3 Ben Woollaston
Xiao Guodong 4-3 Ashley Hugill
Barry Hawkins vs He Guoqiang (Feb 12)
Wu Yize 4-1 Sydney Wilson
Graeme Dott 4-3 Pang Junxu
Joe O’Connor 4-3 Xu Si
Luca Brecel vs Jiang Jun (Feb 12)

Spherical of 64 (bo7)

Matches to be performed from Feb twelfth to 14th.

Milkins/Jamie Jones vs Allan Taylor
David Gilbert vs Oliver Traces
Lisowski/O. Brown vs Liam Pullen
Gary Wilson vs Iulian Boiko
Lengthy Zehuang vs Anthony McGill
Sanderson Lam vs M. Williams/Astley
Matthew Stevens vs Ricky Walden
Stuart Carrington vs N. Robertson/Web page

Allen/Cao vs Ma Hailong
Si Jiahui vs Andrew Pagett
Ding/Kendrick vs Robbie Williams
Adam Duffy vs Jamie Clarke
David Lilley vs Ryan Day
Tian Pengfei vs Higgins/Ibrahim
Ross Muir vs Matthew Selt
Ursenbacher/Powell/Davies vs D. Jones/Highfield

TBC/Graham vs Dominic Dale
Jordan Brown vs Stan Moody
Zhang/Elsayed vs Jak Jones
Hossein Vafaei vs Julien Leclercq
Dylan Emery vs Noppon Saengkham
Andrew Higginson vs Carter/Slessor
Ben Mertens vs Fan Zhengyi
Aaron Hill vs Selby/Yuan

Murphy/Grace vs Daniel Wells
Marco Fu vs Zak Surety
Okay. Wilson/Carty vs Anthony Hamilton
Chris Wakelin vs Martin O’Donnell
Ian Burns vs Tom Ford
Xiao Guodong vs Hawkins/He
Wu Yize vs Graeme Dott
Joe O’Connor vs Brecel/Jiang

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