Ronnie O’Sullivan admits talking about his matches causes him 'trauma' after Welsh Open win over James Cahill

Ronnie O’Sullivan admits analysing his snooker matches causes him “trauma”, just a week after he opened up about his struggle with “snooker depression”. The Rocket bounced back from his shock defeat to Fan Zhengyi in the European Masters final with a 4-0 whitewash of old foe James Cahill at the Welsh Open on Tuesday. Ad/> However he was reluctant to talk about the encounter in his post-match interview and instead shifted the spotlight onto his 26-year-old opponent, who staged one of the biggest upsets in snooker history when beating O’Sullivan at the 2019 World Championship.

Welsh OpenWelsh Open 2022 — Latest results, scores, schedule2 HOURS AGO “Like I said, I won’t talk about my matches,” O’Sullivan told Eurosport. “Obviously James is a great player, great cue action, good for the game, great to watch. I don’t like talking about my matches, it causes me trauma so I would rather not open up that can of worms.” O’Sullivan shone a light on his mental health problems at the European Masters last week, joining world No.

1 Mark Selby in speaking about the challenges snooker poses. Selby admitted he has been “suffering for a few years” with depression and “bottling everything up”. 'Oh dear' – Williams uses HAND to stop ball as snooker attempt goes badly wrong Welsh Open 2022 — Latest results, scores, schedule “I find it hard to talk about my games, I have snooker depression for two or three hours after my matches," O'Sullivan told reporters last week.

“Talking about it puts me in a bad place. I call it snooker depression because it is depression due to snooker. I don’t just wake up and say ‘I’m depressed’ — you aren’t when you are doing something you enjoy.