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Vafaei misplaced 10-5 to Judd Trump within the first spherical of the World Championship on Sunday earlier than occurring the offensive in his post-match media duties.
“Historical past is essential however no person invests any cash on this historic venue,” he mentioned. “You wish to go someplace very nice. Should you stroll across the Crucible it smells actually dangerous. I am sincere. All the things is so dangerous.”
He continued: “You go to different high venues in different nations and you may see how good they deal with you, how good all the things is and it’s so shiny and fully completely different.
“Should you ask me do I wish to come again right here, the reply is not any. The observe room? Do you see something particular about it? It looks like I am practising in a storage and that is not good. I am coming right here from a distinct nation to see that. I am sorry I’ve to inform the reality.”
Talking on Eurosport’s protection of day three in Sheffield, Eurosport specialists McManus and White defended the game’s most iconic area.
“Two issues: it would not scent dangerous and all the things shouldn’t be flawed about this place. It is absolute nonsense,” started McManus.
“I do not know what he needs…Does he need a bunch of flowers and a prawn sandwich on the way in which within the door? You come right here to play snooker, you do not come right here to scent roses and flowers.
“If you wish to be an enormous star on this sport, which he isn’t but by the way, exit and win some tournaments after which begin speaking like that – and even then I would not be speaking like that. There’s nothing flawed with the Crucible.”
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‘Naughty snooker’ – Trump wraps up win over Vafaei
Vafaei’s solely rating title got here on the one-frame Shoot Out in 2022, whereas he has gained only one match in three appearances on the Crucible.
“It is simply pathetic. I do not get it,” added six-time World Championship runner-up White about Vafaei’s Crucible feedback.
“A few years in the past when he performed O’Sullivan and got here out with all that nonsense… It is simply silly. These items he’ll remorse.”