I-Saudi Snooker Masters Idunyiswe nguRonnie O’Sullivan

Inganekwane ye-Snooker u-Ronnie O’Sullivan ucula izindumiso zakhe nge-Saudi Snooker Masters eqhubekayo. NgoSepthemba 3, ikakhulukazi, i-Arab News yabika ukuthi uncome umcimbi wezemidlalo njengohamba phambili ohambweni lwe-snooker. “I-Saudi Arabia ilikhuphule kakhulu izinga – lona umcimbi ongcono kakhulu ohambweni,” kuphawula u-O’Sullivan nge-Saudi Snooker Masters. “Angikaze ngibone abadlali abaningi be-snooker abajabule kangaka, wonke umuntu ukujabulele ukuba lapha, sifuna ukuqhudelana, sidlale kahle, futhi senze uhlelo oluhle ngempela kubalandeli baseSaudi Arabia.” U-O’Sullivan uphinde waveza ukuthi waneliseke kangakanani ngohlelo lomcimbi, kusukela ezindaweni zokuhlala, ikhwalithi yendawo, kanye nempahla yomqhudelwano iyonke. “Sesivele sibone i-147, enhle kakhulu, futhi umqhudelwano usanda kuqala,” wengeza mayelana ne-Saudi Snooker Masters. “Bonke abadlali abaphambili sebezongena kulo mcimbi futhi ngethemba ukuthi wonke umuntu uzobuka i-snooker engcono kakhulu abangayibona. Amatafula, izinsiza, indawo ehlanganisiwe; lo mqhudelwano ufanele ukubukela i-snooker engcono kakhulu eyake yabonwa, muhle impela.” Lo mcimbi uphinde wahlinzeka ngezinsiza ezinhle kakhulu kubadlali kanye nezethameli, okwenza isimo sibe mnandi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, leli zinga lenhlangano laliwukhiye ekuhlukaniseni umcimbi omkhulu kweminye ekhalendeni le-snooker.

Mayelana neSaudi Snooker Masters

I-Saudi Arabia iqale yamemezela izinhlelo zayo ze-Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters yokuqala ngo-Agasti 2024. Njengamanje, izibukeli zingayibamba emaHholo Aluhlaza e-Riyadh. Lo mqhudelwano, oqale ngo-Agasti 30, uzofika esiphethweni ngoSepthemba 7. Abadlali abangu-144 bazoqhudelana ngebhodwe le-GBP 2 million (USD 2.5 million). NgoLwesibili, mhla zi-3 kuMandulo, lo mqhudelwano ububambe umzuliswano wawo wesihlanu, kanti abadlali abaphambili emhlabeni abayi-16 bafanelekele umzuliswano wama-32. Lokhu kuhlanganisa ngokukhethekile noJohn Higgins waseScotland; uMark Selby waseNgilandi, uShaun Murphy, uJudd Trump, noKyren Wilson; kanye noMark Williams waseWales. Njengamanje uTrump ungumdlali ohamba phambili emhlabeni. Kulolu hlu bekufakwe uLuca Brecel waseBelgium noMark Allen waseNorthern Island. UDkt. Nasser Al-Shamri, umongameli weSaudi Billiards kanye neSnooker Federation, uthe iSaudi Snooker Masters yisikhathi esibalulekile kwezemidlalo. Iphinde imemezele ukuqala kwenkathi entsha ye-snooker e-Saudi Arabia. “Lesi yisikhathi esiyingqopha-mlando ku-snooker eMbusweni futhi esesivele sivula indlela yekusasa eliqhakazile nelinethuba elizayo,” kuphawula u-Al-Shamri. “Abalandeli bendawo asebethanda i-snooker iminyaka eminingi manje sebeqinisekisiwe ukuthi bazobuka abadlali abahamba phambili emhlabeni emcimbini osezingeni lomhlaba kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo,” eqhubeka. “Kanti lokhu kuzokhuthaza izizukulwane ezintsha ezizohlomula kwingqalasizinda yethu yasendaweni, imiqhudelwano nezindlela zabadlali.”

Mayelana noRonnie O’Sullivan

Abaningi babona u-Ronnie O’Sullivan njengomunye wabadlali be-snooker abahamba phambili nabaphumelele kakhulu emlandweni. Lo mdlali waseNgilandi usenqobe umqhudelwano weWorld Snooker Championship amahlandla ayisikhombisa futhi uphethe izicoco eziyisishiyagalombili zeMasters. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uneziqu eziyisishiyagalombili ze-UK Championship. Isithombe: Facebook/Ronnie O’Sullivan