'I feel like Rocky Balboa' – O'Sullivan's hectic summer tour has been survival of the fittest

Ronnie O’Sullivan has been keeping fit with double work-out sessions during his hectic summer tour of Asia and Europe to keep up with the demands of entertaining thousands of snooker fans.

The European leg of the lucrative bouts of exhibition snooker come after O’Sullivan returned from Asia having visited eight cities in China and Hong Kong across 19 days that involved five flights and three bullet trains.

“In the afternoon, I go to the gym. I love just keeping fit. For me, being on the road is like training camp. I feel like Rocky Balboa.”

Scottish and Welsh Open champion Wilson lost his first match 6-3 to O’Sullivan on Monday night, but reversed that defeat with a 6-2 win on Tuesday evening that saw him produce breaks of 135, 102 and five more 50-plus breaks to thrill a sell-out crowd nearing 2000 fans at the Tampere Hall.