SNOOKER DROOPY

I'm losing battle to stop decline admits Ronnie

- SHANE MacDERMOTT

RONNIE O’SULLIVAN reckons he is finished at snooker’s top table.

The Rocket has dominated the sport for over three decades and pocketed five big titles last season.

But the 48-year-old, seventime world champion believes his days are numbered.

Crowd pleaser O’Sullivan is struggling to cope with the “inevitable decline” in his performance and does not want to play past his sell-by date like other greats Stephen Hendry and Steve Davis.

O’Sullivan saw his hopes of winning the Saudi Arabia Masters dashed with a 6-4 quarter-final loss to Chinese upstart Si Jiahui.