Wu Yize ‘reminds me of Ronnie O’Sullivan so much,’ says former world champion

Wu Yize is 1 of snooker’s brightest young talents, with erstwhile satellite champion Ken Doherty saying helium reminds him of Ronnie O’Sullivan.

The 21-year-old has taken to beingness connected the nonrecreational circuit impressively since turning pro successful 2021 arsenic a teenager.

He is into the apical 32 successful the satellite rankings, has already played astatine the Crucible and made it to his archetypal ranking last earlier this play erstwhile helium mislaid to Neil Robertson astatine the English Open.

A superb potter and break-builder, with gait astir the table, Wu is simply a superb subordinate to watch.

O’Sullivan tin boast those talents arsenic well, on with playing some close and left-handed, which is thing Wu tin bash impressively too.

It is his ambidextrous quality that reminds Doherty of the Rocket, and the Irishman thinks Wu tin articulation O’Sullivan successful the elite of the game, having watched him intimately successful signifier successful Sheffield.

‘There’s thing astir Wu Yize, I deliberation he’s 1 of the astir talented young players coming through,’ said Doherty during UK Championship qualification. ‘He’s already knocking connected the doorway and I deliberation it’s lone a substance of clip earlier helium gets his hands connected a trophy.

‘He’s climbing up the rankings steadily, that tally astatine the English Open volition person done him bully ranking-wise

‘He’s a people act, a large long-potter, a large scorer. He was 4-0 up against Judd Trump successful Riyadh, lone for him to suffer and Judd Trump went connected to triumph it against Mark Williams successful the final

‘But helium has the pedigree. helium has the enactment ethic, the diligence and the temperament supra everything else. Very talented lad and I deliberation we’re going to spot a batch of him this play and the upcoming seasons.

‘He tin play left-handed arsenic well. He reminds maine of Ronnie truthful overmuch due to the fact that helium practices astatine slightest an hr oregon an hour-and-a-half each azygous time connected playing left-handed, truthful helium volition spell done his full routine, the line-ups left-handed each azygous day.

‘He’s precise bully with some hands, he’s brilliant. I’ve got a batch of clip for him, he’s a beauteous lad and I deliberation he’s going to spell close to the top.

‘I deliberation Ronnie O’Sullivan sparked that full statement astir playing left-handed and the advantages of it. These young kids spot however good helium plays left-handed and privation that vantage arsenic well, not having to usage the remainder and person the vantage of some hands.’

Wu made beauteous airy enactment of UK Championship qualifying, beating Ashley Carty 6-2 and David Lilley 6-3, mounting up a mouth-watering clash with chap Chinese endowment Si Jiahui.

The 2 agleam prospects conscionable astatine the Barbican successful York connected Sunday astatine 7pm.

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