Tag: Hossein Vafaei
Ronnie O’Sullivan insists he bears “no hard feelings” towards Hossein Vafaei following his comprehensive rout of the Iranian at the Crucible. The seven-time World champion roared through to a 21st quarter-final after completing a thumping 13-2 victory with a session to spare on Saturday. O’Sullivan and Vafaei were embroiled in a war of words ahead […]
Hossein Vafaei believes he can be “the next Ronnie O’Sullivan” as he looks to learn from his brutal Second Round defeat at the World Snooker Championship. Vafaei was thrashed 13-2 by a merciless O’Sullivan in their highly-anticipated show-down in Sheffield, with the defending champion wrapping up victory with a session to spare. O’Sullivan had established […]
Steve Davis branded Hossein Vafaei’s break-off “stupidity” after the Iranian smashed into the pack of reds during his match against Ronnie O’Sullivan on Friday. Breaking off in the second frame after losing the opener, Vafaei stunned The Crucible crowd by slamming the cue ball straight into the pack and seemingly gifting his opponent the frame. […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan believes he has become “an easy target” for criticism and has issued his response to Hossein Vafaei’s latest remarks. O’Sullivan and Vafaei have become embroiled in a war of words ahead of their eagerly-anticipated Second Round show-down at the World Snooker Championship on Friday. The feud between the pair dates back 12 months, […]
Hossein Vafaei has called out rival Ronnie O’Sullivan after setting up a grudge clash at the World Snooker Championship on Monday. Vafaei produced a scintillating second session of snooker to defeat 2016 finalist Ding Junhui 10-6, winning seven of the last eight frames. In doing so, he became the first Iranian player to register a […]
Ding Junhui and Hossein Vafaei go head to head for the right to play Ronnie O’Sullivan in the World Championship second round. Two of snooker’s crowd favourites lock horns in one of the most eye-catching ties of the opening round, with a showdown against reigning champion O’Sullivan on offer to the winner. It is now […]
Jack Lisowski and Hossein Vafaei collide on Thursday for the right to play Mark Williams in the Masters semi-finals at Alexandra Palace. Both players will be aiming to match the entertainment and drama provided during the day’s earlier match, when Williams overturned a 3-0 deficit to deny Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-5. The Welshman recorded his first […]
Mark Selby aims to avoid a third successive defeat against Hossein Vafaei when they lock horns in the Masters first round on Sunday. The Prince of Persia has prevailed in each of the last two meetings between the players, with both coming in the past two editions of the UK Championship. And Vafaei has been […]
Hossein Vafaei admits qualifying for the Masters would be “such a big achievement” after knocking Mark Selby out of the UK Championship. The Prince of Persia denied the two-time champion at the York Barbican for the second year running, hitting breaks of 119, 88 and 80 to prevail a 6-4 winner on Tuesday. Vafaei became […]