Ronnie O’Sullivan dropped a explosionshell on the morning of his Welsh Open suit, distake parting from the competition before his first-round tie with Jamie Clarke.
The Rocket had been scheduled to contend for the first time since his Championship League meltdown in timely January, but the World Snooker Tour verifyed that he had pulled out of the Llandudno competition.
Clarke has getd a bye into the second round, where he could encounter the enjoys of Shaun Murphy, world champion Kyren Wilson and Luca Brecel who are all in action today.
The enjoys of Mark Selby, Neil Robertson, Mark Allen, John Higgins and home favourite Mark Williams have already safed their spots in the second round after triumphs on Monday.
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