Rocket: Pot fair on the top women

RONNIE O’Sullivan has blasted snooker bosses — claiming they are short-changing the best women players in the world.

The Rocket (below) partnered 12time women’s champion Reanne Evans in the world mixed doubles tournament over the weekend, won by Neil Robertson and Mink Nutcharut.

O’Sullivan has called for World Snooker to divert five per cent of the total prize money from the main tour into the women’s game.

Thailand’s Mink won just

€6,700 for winning her first women’s world title this year while O’Sullivan pocketed €555,000 for his seventh at the Crucible.

O’Sullivan said: “It’s so wrong that World Snooker haven’t made it better for the girls.

“Why can’t they just take five per cent off the prize money and give the ladies a good opportunity to play in good conditions.

“You don’t want to be having this conversation even in another two or three years, it should be something that’s done within the next two or three months.

Deserve

“Decisions can be made quickly and done quickly, and it’s important for the likes of Reanne as well because they have been playing a long time and they deserve to have that opportunity.

“She is a 12-time world champion, that’s some feat. At least let her make it a professional job where she doesn’t have to do other things to make ends meet.

“She’s devoted her life to this game, most people in her situation would have given up snooker but she hasn’t, she loves it.”

A World Snooker spokesperson said: “Our remit is to run the World Snooker Tour for the professional players, including the four women on tour.

“We are proud of snooker’s inclusivity and to be one of the few sports where men and women can compete together.”