O'Sullivan teases fellow pro Dale over his hair in awkward post-match interview
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Snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan teased fellow player Dominic Dale about his hair during a post-match interview with the BBC.
O'Sullivan had just beaten Oliver Lines 4-0 in the Welsh Open and was being interviewed by Dale, who beat Farakh Ajaib 4-1 in qualifying and is also working as a commentator and pundit for the BBC.
And while Dale was asking O'Sullivan a question, he could not resist poking fun at the Welshman for dying his hair. O'Sullivan quipped: "What have you done with your barnet?"
As the entire panel burst out laughing, Dale replied: "Oh, goodness knows. Anything to disguise the greys!" O'Sullivan then joked: "Gone from grey to ginger overnight!"
He is now set to take on Ross Muir in the last 64 and the 47-year-old is hoping to win the tournament for the fifth time in his career. Reflecting on his performance against Lines, O'Sullivan admitted he was not at his best.
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"Sometimes you can lose focus but part of the skill of having a good temperament and mindset is being able to re-focus and get back into it," he said.
"You can't be concentrated all the time, but you have to choose your moments when to be good and when to relax a bit, switch it on and off like a dimmer switch. Sometimes you have it turned up full blast, sometimes halfway and sometimes very low.
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"So it's about learning to adjust and playing about with the dial. Sometimes just winning your own mental battles in your head allows you to play better at some point during a match.
"I never panic. I am lucky, I have played loads of matches and won, tournaments even – so playing badly and winning is a good trait."
O'Sullivan needs to reach the final of this week's tournament in Llandudno, in order to book a place in next week's Players Championship.
On his chances, he admitted: "I enjoy whatever situation the game throws at me, deal with it as best as I can. It's just another game of snooker at the end of the day.
"I would like to be on it but it is highly unlikely I will make that tournament next week. I've booked in a couple of exhibitions for next week [in case] because I don't want to not play.
"If I don't make it at least I've got something else to do and can look forward to going to Thailand for the Six-Red World Championship."
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