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Hossein Vafaei has admitted it is a ‘dream come true’ to play against Ronnie O’Sullivan after beating him at the World Open. But the Iranian has also given an honest assessment of his own performance, claiming it was ‘unforgivable’ that he almost threw the game away in the deciding frame and revealed he was ‘nearly crying’. There is always added spice when the pair face off following comments made by Vafaei about the Rocket at the 2022 World Snooker Championship. Vafaei said O’Sullivan was ‘not good’ for snooker and said ‘he should retire’ to enable the younger generation to come through. The …

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