The tournament is an extremely important sporting event for snooker enthusiasts. That is why the defeat of the four-time world champion hurt so much. Mark Selby smoothly lost to Barry Hawkins 1: 6 in the quarter-finals. “Barry didn’t have to play fantastic to beat me,” commented Selby after Saturday’s defeat.
The snooker master has admitted that he has mental health problems
– I just want to apologize to all my friends and family for failing them. I’m not in the best mental state right now. For years I’ve hidden my emotions and put on a mask, but that’s not the way to go. I promise that I will ask for help to become a better person – he wrote after the defeat on Saturday. And he added that he “played pitifully from start to finish” against Barry and was disappointed with his performance.
“I would like to say that of all the victories I gained in matches as a professional athlete, the most important thing was yesterday’s victory, when I admitted that I needed help,” emphasized the 38-year-old. And he pointed out that hiding these types of problems is never a good solution. “Finally, I can feel the enormous weight fall off my shoulders,” he pointed out.
English now wants to focus on recovery. However, she is glad that she does not have to pretend anything. – I feel like I don’t have to hide under the hood anymore. Those who are going through or going through the same thing can refer to it – the four-time world champion (2014, 2016, 2017 and 2021) and winner of 20 ranked tournaments ended on Twitter.
Source: Sport
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