It is not – you suspect – a question that the four-times world champion John Higgins has been asked before during his 26 years as a professional. “So John. Did you notice a smell of urine out there?” To his credit the Wizard of Wishaw raised a bushy eyebrow, shook his head, then offered a polite “No”.
How did it come to this? Blame Ronnie O’Sullivan. Twenty-four hours earlier, he had serenely breezed past his first-round opponent, Kurt Maflin, in the English Open before blindsiding world snooker by suggesting the venue, the K2 Leisure Centre in Crawley, which was built in 2005, was “a hellhole” that “smelled of urine”.
Written by Sean Ingle in Crawley
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/oct/16/ronnie-osullivan-english-open-hellhole-comments-bemusement under the title “Bemusement in Crawley over Ronnie O’Sullivan’s ‘hellhole’ comments | Sean Ingle”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
