https://www.google.com/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2020/08/14/ronnie-osullivan-responds-mark-selbys-claims-disrespect-world-snooker-championship-semi-final-13131588/amp/
Selby said after the match: ‘
During the match I felt like it was a little bit disrespectful the way he played, every time I got him in a snooker he just got down and hit the balls 100mph and could have gone anywhere
‘I dunno, if he was just in that frame of mind,
but I felt it was a little disrespectful to me at the table, but last three frames he played great, I’ve got no complaints.
‘Not reckless, just disrespectful to me. Sometimes if you’ve got no shot you get down and hit them as hard as you can and hope you fluke one.
‘
I think it’s disrespectful to the game and disrespectful to me in that particular match.’
Presented with Selby’s accusation, O’Sullivan seemed surprised at first, but then explained that
he is simply terrible at getting out of snookers so he would rather have a thrash and challenge the opponent to make a break rather than give away a load of points failing to escape.
‘I don’t know what shots he was talking about,’ said O’Sullivan, before being presented with a failed attempt to escape a snooker on the pink.