‘It's making him lose focus’ - Jimmy White fires warning to Ronnie O’Sullivan at World Snooker Championship

Eurosport expert Jimmy White has sent a warning to Ronnie O’Sullivan over potentially losing his focus over an issue with his cue at the World Championship. O’Sullivan claimed his cue has been “unplayable” at times at the Crucible and again brought it into focus during his quarter-final with Stephen Maguire – but also insisted he has “played with worse and won”. Ad/> Despite looking out of sorts for much of the second session, the 46-year-old closed on the semi-finals in Sheffield after stretching his lead over Maguire to six frames.

He will return on Wednesday bidding to secure the final two frames he needs to book a semi-final meeting with either John Higgins or Jack Lisowski. World ChampionshipO'Sullivan on brink of semi-finals after making light work of Maguire11 HOURS AGO While O'Sullivan has been playing some sublime snooker this World Championship and looks set to continue his fine run, White has warned his good friend not to lose his focus and concentration over the cue issues. «He has been playing really well all season, he’s played well in this tournament so we know it’s in the tank,» said Eurosport expert White.

«But the tip situation is making him lose focus, lose his concentration and you see Ronnie O’Sullivan in the balls and he doesn’t really know what to do. »The main thing is he’s getting the W, getting through to the next round. It looks like he’s going to win this match, let’s be honest, he’s that far in front.

But if he’s going to beat John Higgins, he can’t play like that, that’s for sure." He added: «He’s not played well at all. He’s obviously unhappy with his tip. It must be demoralising for Stephen Maguire, a man of his class.