Ronnie O’Sullivan slayer reveals diet secret to success after he’s spotted eating takeaway 15 minutes before snooker win

GIANT KILLER Xiao Guodong reckons gorging connected Chinese takeaways has been the concealed to his occurrence successful Bolton this week.

The subordinate known arsenic X-Factor was seen tucking into a tasty repast 15 minutes earlier his Champion of Champions semi-final with Mark Allen, which helium won 6-3 connected Friday evening.

It is antithetic to spot a apical prima tucking into nutrient truthful adjacent to their contention arsenic they are usually connected the signifier table.

The entertaining potter has had an unthinkable week astatine the Toughsheet Community Stadium.

He knocked retired seven-time satellite champion Ronnie O’Sullivan successful the archetypal circular – helium won 4-3 contempt being 3-0 down – and past eliminated Mark Selby 6-5 successful the quarter-finals.

Tomorrow, helium volition play either Mark Williams oregon Neil Robertson implicit the champion of 19 frames and the victor volition gain £150,000.

Xiao said: “We person to devour food. In the UK, sometimes we person to bargain Chinese takeaway from restaurants.

“My person got immoderate food. He came here. That’s wherefore earlier the lucifer I ate a small bit. But anyway, it doesn’t substance earlier a lucifer if you devour a lot.

“I cannot judge I bushed these 3 players. They are each legends. I person learned a batch from them. I cognize that 1 shot tin alteration everything.

“When I played Ronnie and was 3-0 down, I was already backmost home. Ronnie gave maine 1 accidental and I took it.”

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Xiao, 35, turned nonrecreational successful 2007 but had to hold 17 years earlier winning his archetypal ranking tourney – helium lifted the Wuhan Open successful China past month.

Asked what it would consciousness similar to triumph silverware connected UK ungraded for the archetypal time, Xiao replied: “This would mean everything for me.

“I came present astir 20 years ago. Every day, each second, each time, I dreamed of winning 1 ranking title.

“I did it successful Wuhan. After that, if I triumph more, it volition beryllium a bonus.

“Now, I play much relaxed. I person already won one. So, this would beryllium a bonus.”