Ronnie O’Sullivan’s dad launches scathing rant at ‘car boot salesman’ Barry Hearn over ‘atrocious’ decision

BARRY HEARN has been branded a “car boot salesman” by Ronnie O’Sullivan’s father.

Ronnie Snr launched a scathing rant taking aim at Matchroom Sport President Hearn for the congested fixture scheduling.

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GettyRonnie Snr took aim at Matchroom Sport President Barry Hean in a scathing rant[/caption]

The Rocket won The Masters on Sunday after beating foe Ali Carter 10-7 in the final, but he was back in action for the Grand Prix on Tuesday as he defeated Pang Junxu 4-2 to reach the last 16.

O’Sullivan has complained about the busy snooker schedule previously but his dad took it one step further by slamming Hearn.

Ronnie Snr said: “Arrived in Leicester. I managed to get a few hours kip I’m absolutely worn out and I’m not playing.

“And straight after this one my son has to travel to Barnsley round the back of a working man’s club to qualify for the tournament in China.”

He continued: “I’ve lost all respect for Baz Hernia. Once you lose respect for someone, there’s no return. Treated my son atrociously.

“Mental health is a very important issue because Ronnie has been there.

“I hope that the WST support any snooker players after this gruelling regime they are being put through.

“On your head Bazzer. I hope the Chinese officials overrule that car boot salesman Barry Hearner and give Ronnie a wild card.

“Number one in the world rankings and has to travel to Barnsley with an audience of one man and a dog. Great way to treat any player in the top 32 let alone No1.

“I honestly believe Baz Hernia gets a big buzz to have this power over the snooker players. Maybe because he can’t bully any of the boxers, maybe because they wouldn’t tolerate it.”

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O’Sullivan, who won the UK Championship in December, revealed he is feeling a bit burnt out following his Masters win and wants a break.

He said: “I’m a bit played-out, to be honest with you. I had such a strong push September-October-November December, I really went hard at every tournament. I look at the first four months as the main part of my season. I put everything into that and I did better than I thought I would do.

“Subconsciously you think, I was quite content with that. It’s hard to keep motivating yourself. It really is. This game is too hard. I’m going to take two months off now. I’ll probably just play next week because it’s 32 players. I’ve earned my way to get in that tournament. But I’ll just swerve all the other tournaments now.

“I feel like I want a break. I’m looking forward to getting on the exhibition circuit, start playing more exhibitions, I enjoy them, they’re a bit of fun. Too much intense snooker for me is not good. I need to back off and consolidate and get some fun in the game so the exhibitions will be good.”