Ronnie O’Sullivan says he will make a late call on playing in World Championship

Ronnie O’Sullivan has revealed he will make a late decision on whether to play at the World Snooker Championship.

Seven-time world champion O’Sullivan has not played on the tour since he withdrew midway through his Championship League group in January – snapping his cue after losing four of his five matches.

The 49-year-old subsequently pulled out of the Masters at Alexandra Palace, citing exhaustion after engaging in a gruelling series of exhibition events abroad, and also the German Masters in Berlin.

O’Sullivan then did not play at the Welsh Open or the World Grand Prix in Hong Kong.

Ronnie O'Sullivan is still undecided on whether he will play the World Snooker Championship this month