O’Sullivan angrily denied the charge – and demanded “Tell me what you saw?” Then he got angry: “You saw nothing, do not start – go look at the camera”, pointing to Marteel in the video of the marker. Trump was kept waiting to play his shot all this time at a key stage of the session. And the unfortunate people No. 4 then participated, asking how the official had dealt with the issue. After Martel told Trump “I had to say something,” Trump replied, “Couldn’t you do it after the game?” O’Sullivan, still protesting his innocence, said, re-entering his dressing room: “He’s looking for trouble, you get a sense from the press. “They have hundreds of cameras out there and he can go and check them all. “I’m not going to have any of that because he’s just trying to create something.” A statement issued by the World Snooker Tour after the second incident read: “Ronnie O’Sullivan received an official warning from the referee following a gesture in the eighth frame. There will be no further comment on this issue. ” This essentially meant that he was walking on a tightrope, with a further warning that one frame was docked and another was forcing him to miss the final. Although O’Sullivan vehemently denied the latter allegation of making a gesture, he was referred to the disciplinary committee for a separate incident earlier in the day. Incredibly, this was O’Sullivan’s second clash with the official, with the two-day final still in its early morning hours.
