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Ronnie O'Sullivan won the archetypal of his 7 UK titles successful 1993World champion Ronnie O'Sullivan says helium feels "unbreakable" due to the fact that helium treats snooker arsenic "insignificant".
The 46-year-old was speaking aft winning done to the 2nd circular of the UK Championship successful York.
The seven-time UK champion scored 2 centuries and 2 90 breaks successful a 6-2 triumph implicit Wales' Matthew Stevens.
"A batch of radical connected circuit are nether unit for antithetic reasons. I americium nether nary unit astatine all," helium told BBC Sport.
O'Sullivan added that helium felt level contempt winning 2 titles this season, but his snooker is "in a bully place".
"For me, each lucifer is conscionable similar a signifier match. Don't get maine wrong, it's not casual to do, but I person made my beingness successful specified a mode that this is truthful insignificant that this is conscionable a bonus," said O'Sullivan, who past period claimed helium lacked the "passion and desire" to play snooker pursuing decision astatine the Northern Ireland Open.
"You don't caput immoderate snooker throws astatine you - I americium unbreakable really.
"If I got bushed 10-0 successful the last I would beryllium similar 'lovely, shall we person a portion afterwards?'
"It's wherever we should each be. We instrumentality athletics excessively earnestly - idiosyncratic has got to win, idiosyncratic has got to lose, conscionable person fun."
O'Sullivan, who volition play Zhou Yuelong successful the adjacent circular aft China's satellite fig 21 came from 5-3 down to bushed compatriot Yan Bingtao 6-5, equalled Stephen Hendry's grounds of 7 satellite titles successful May.
He remains satellite fig 1 pursuing victories astatine the Hong Kong Masters and Champions of Champions tourney successful Bolton, wherever helium beat Judd Trump 10-6 successful the final.
Despite his evident bully form, the world's starring subordinate says helium feels an "imposter" connected the circuit and finds it laughable that, astatine his age, helium is inactive capable to vie astatine the top.
"When I started to triumph a fewer tournaments I didn't consciousness similar I deserved it, I didn't consciousness arsenic if I had played good enough," said O'Sullivan, who won the archetypal of his 7 UK titles successful 1993.
"I consciousness similar determination has been a crippled to let maine to bash it. You consciousness similar a fake. So I consciousness a spot not bully astir that.
"I was happier erstwhile I was not winning. I don't cognize why."
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