Ronnie O’Sullivan intends to show off his left-handed skills more than ever this season, saying it makes him happy to play with his opposite hand.
The Rocket has long been wowing the snooker world with his left-handed ability when he is naturally right-handed.
Way back in 1996 O’Sullivan beat Alain Robidoux in a controversial match at the World Championship, with the Canadian feeling like the Rocket was showboating by knocking in some pots left-handed and refusing to shake his hand after a heavy defeat.
It didn’t stop O’Sullivan, though, and he has been playing some shots left-handed ever since, not as incredibly good as he is right-handed, but he doesn’t miss much with his left either.
It looks like, as he approaches his 49th birthday in December, we will be seeing the Rocket playing left-handed even more after enjoying himself playing that way in an exhibition in China.
O’Sullivan posted a clip of him taking on Si Jiahui in an exhibition contest, making a break entirely left-handed.
The video was captioned: ‘Me playing in China…what can you spot that I’m doing differently?’
A following picture had the caption: ‘A lot of you got it right. Gonna play more left-handed from now on…it makes me happy.’
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