RONNIE O’SULLIVAN’S absence from snooker will continue after he pulled out of next week’s German Masters.
The Rocket was supposed to face Welsh amateur Dylan Emery on Tuesday evening in the Last 64.
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But he will not take part in Berlin due to medical reasons.
Emery, 23, will now receive a bye to the next round at the Tempodrom in the German capital.
It is unclear when the seven-time world snooker champion will next appear in a competitive capacity, especially as the countdown to the Crucible has now begun.
It follows his decision to withdraw from the 16-man Masters at Ally Pally.
O’Sullivan cited “exhaustion” after he “lost the plot” by snapping his cue the week before.
The 49-year-old spent most of his Christmas in the Far East, playing a series of lucrative but tiring exhibitions.
And then he was so angry with his game at a behind-closed-doors event in Leicester that he broke his prized equipment and threw it in a WHEELIE BIN.
The world No3 said his moment of madness was a “nightmare decision”.
And it meant he could not take part at the Masters, which he had won 12 months previously.
One of his pals, close confidante Robbie, retrieved the cue from the dustbin and it might be repaired before his next competition.
O’Sullivan’s last appearance at a top event was the Riyadh Season Championship in Saudi Arabia before Christmas.
But he is keen to play again soon – provided he has a cue that is ready.
As it stands, he is down to play the Welsh Open in Llandudno, the week commencing February 10.
‘I’d rather not have the snooker, just a normal family’ – Inside Ronnie O’Sullivan’s troubled childhood
RONNIE O’SULLIVAN has enjoyed an incredible career as snooker’s biggest star.
But the Rocket’s turbulent past has led to struggles with mental health, addiction and yo-yo weight battles.
O’Sullivan’s parents ran a chain of sex shops in Essex and his father was jailed for 20 years for murder when he was just 16.
In the Amazon documentary The Edge of Everything, the snooker icon admitted his dad going to prison had a profound effect.
He said: “I didn’t want to blame everything on that situation with my dad, but I was thinking, ‘I’d rather not have the snooker. just a normal family’. Because… It was a dream, but looking back, it was a nightmare.”
Just a year later, Ronnie became the youngest ever UK Champion, seven days before his 18th birthday. Then at 19, in 1994, he became the youngest Masters champion.
But he has already begun to binge on drink and drugs and, when his mum was sent to prison for tax evasion, in 1996, he struggled to cope with looking after his eight–year-old sister alone.
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