World No. 19 Vafaei claimed on Sunday that the World Snooker Championship should be held somewhere else since the Crucible, which has hosted the event since 1977, “smells really bad” and the practice area is like a “garage.”.
Following his 10-5 victory over Lyu Haotian, Murphy addressed those remar
s by vehemently defending the location, which is thought of as the home of the sport.
“This is a working theatre, it’s not a purpose-built snooker venue,” stated Murphy.
We can’t do anything about it, but as snooker approaches its 50th anniversary, the World Snooker Tour would probably not come here if they were doing a site inspection tomorrow due to its small size.
But this is a sacred place. A professional snooker player criticizing our house so publicly is nearly sacrilegious.
