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Originally Posted by church66
Talksports Hawksby and Jacobs afternoon show had an interview with Ken Doherty on Wednesday afternoon and they asked Ken how are the Snooker players coping with the Corona Virus lock down and are they all back home preparing for the World Championships .
Ken just laughed and said it's not like you'd imagine , we don't all stay in fancy houses and mansions with a snooker table at home , I don't even have one in my house , in fact very few of the players have a table at home .
As to the World snooker Championships being played behind closed doors with no audience Ken said Mark Williams has said he doesn't want it to go ahead without an audience .
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Good point.
We need to remind ourselves that Snooker is a third rank pro sport ( for money) .Whenever that 45th ranked player wins a match and moves up a notch he is Certainly pleased to nab that 5k in prize money. It’s not peanuts to him. He’s also likely crestfallen if the loses the next Round and 10k or whatever. There goes the new car or bathroom Reno.
I suspect guys like Ronnie, Selby, etc.make as much in promos, sponsorship etc as at the table...everything paid for to play in Chinese 8 ball tournaments. Not so for player ranked 104 who is driving a forklift at a warehouse.
Anyways I always feel good when a lower ranked player does unexpectantly well in a tournament. The money means a lot to him and likely is a big motivator to stick with it.
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