‘Drained and stressed’ Ronnie O’Sullivan pulls out of Champion of Champions

O’Sullivan withdraws before his opening match in BoltonDefending champion ‘wants to look after mental health’

The defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan has withdrawn from snooker’s Champion of Champions event on the eve of his opening match in Bolton.

O’Sullivan had been scheduled to play Zhang Anda in group one on Wednesday, with the winner facing either John Higgins or Chris Wakelin for a place in the semi-finals. The seven-time world champion, who lost to Zhang in the semi-finals of the International Championship in Tianjin on Saturday, has been replaced in the field by Ding Junhui.

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