2024-02-24 FrankReport
7-time World Champion Stephen. Hendry commented on the discussion sparked by Selby's 6-0 defeat of O'Sullivan in the final of the current Players Championship 1/4, Hendry believes that Selby seems to be winning this game and will make himself think that he is a top player on an equal footing with O'Sullivan O'Sullivan is therefore considered by many players to have a so-called "** gram halo".
Hendry said in ITV Sports: "Selby said before and after the game that he cherished the game with O'Sullivan, saying that he himself had reached the real top level, and there is no doubt that Selby is currently thinking that he is a real top player like O'Sullivan.
Also, only when you can really beat O'Sullivan, can you win his real "respect" for you from him, Hendry and thinks: O'Sullivan has not been able to really "respect the opponent" in his past nearly 30 years, during the 2024 Welsh Open, O'Sullivan even advised England player Astley to give up his ** career, based on Ahlit's "clumsy" play in the current Welsh Open, O'Sullivan believes that Astley did not "** gram thinking" and "gram mind", and "it is not suitable to continue to play **gram".
Obviously, O'Sullivan's dominance makes him qualified to judge any player", Hendry said: "When you have a real and effective opinion of the best player, you will think that your opinion is more correct than any other player, so O'Sullivan will feel that when he evaluates other players, the players he evaluates will follow his opinion, but it is clear that O'Sullivan never takes into account the feelings of the players he evaluates."
Selby clearly wants to change that, and he feels he has the ability to get O'Sullivan to change the mindset that "no one can really beat him", Hendry added: "When Selby beat O'Sullivan 6-0, he gained more confidence.
In the current Players Championship, Selby ended his 16-game winning streak So far, O'Sullivan has also lost to two Chinese players this season: 2023 Wuhan Open Round of 8 1-5 Lu Haotian; 2023 National Championship semifinals 6-9 Zhang Anda.