Ronnie O'Sullivan says allowing spectators into the Crucible Theatre for the World Championship is treating snooker players like "lab rats". Five-time world champion O'Sullivan said players "all run a bit of a risk". I don't know why anybody would be comfortable - we all know it is airborne." "I would feel a bit strange walking in a room with 10 people I don't know, and I have done. "Maybe they have to start doing a test on crowds at some point and I've heard people say they're treating the snooker event a little bit like lab rats - you've got to start somewhere, start with snooker players.

Source: BBC July 29, 2020 21:33 UTC