The World Snooker Championships got underway on Saturday with Ronnie O'Sullivan taking on Gary Wilson in the first round.
It was not the World Championship which was on O'Sullivan's yesterday morning, though. It was the UK Masters, a tournament which he won, for a record seventh time, back in January.
O'Sullivan beat Joe Perry in the final at Alexandra Palace and had been promised a trophy to mark his win.
Months later and no trophy forthcoming, O'Sullivan wanted to know why, tweeting World Snooker and WPBSA chairman Jason Ferguson looking for answers.
@jasonferguson5 @WorldSnooker1 where's my trophy you promised me for winning the masters? You promised me I'd get one.it's been 4 months now
— Ronnie O'Sullivan (@ronnieo147) April 15, 2017
O'Sullivan ensured it was not a 'wind up'.
It's defo not a wind up.. they promised me I'd get a trophy and nothing yet. There always seems to be a good excuse on why it's not come yet
— Ronnie O'Sullivan (@ronnieo147) April 15, 2017
A five-time world champion he might be but every trophy still matters to the 41-year-old.
Not the point mate.. I love trophys..players pay 2.5 percent of there prize money to world snooker.. and the winners deserve a trophy
— Ronnie O'Sullivan (@ronnieo147) April 15, 2017
O'Sullivan has had a rancorous recent relationship with the snooker authorities. Due to what he feels has been unfair treatment by snooker's governing body, O'Sullivan has refused to cooperate in interviews.
He's either kept his answers brief or acted in an especially peculiar fashion, singing Wonderwall in one interview and putting on a robotic voice in another.
Don't hand em out unless the player can keep them I say
— Ronnie O'Sullivan (@ronnieo147) April 15, 2017
