'Strange little sideshow' - Ronnie O'Sullivan put off by a light in his win over Zhang Anda at the European Masters

Ronnie O’Sullivan appeared to be put off by a light inside the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes during his Euro Masters match against Zhang Anda on Tuesday. With the two players locked at 2-2 in their last-64 match, O’Sullivan was clearly put off by the light. Ad/> “You don’t want to look at it.

It’s a little bit uncomfortable.” Alan McManus said on commentary. European MastersEuropean Masters – Trump wins thriller with Jones after O'Sullivan beats Zhang8 HOURS AGO Eurosport's Philip Studd said: «There’s a man who has been in the spotlight for over 30 years – literally. As far as I know nothing has changed during the afternoon.

“What I don’t understand is why doesn’t he just change something? Maybe they actually can do something about it. Or even the referee could say ‘is there a problem?’ “There seems to be a strange little sideshow going on.» The six-time world champion did regain his composure, though, and went on to win the match 5-4 after a final frame decider. The Rocket will play Wu Yize in the next round.

When asked about the light afterwards, O'Sullivan said: «I don’t know why there was the glare off the light, someone must have turned them up brighter than usual. »I could hardly look at it, but they did sort it out so I could look at the table." O’Sullivan also spoke about how he suffers from “snooker depression” after matches. «I find it hard to talk about my games,» he said.

«I have snooker depression for two or three hours after my matches. 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. «You might afterwards, but you can get it doing this job if it