As Ronnie O’Sullivan prepares for yet another game, the Rocket’s old man, Ronnie snr, had another hefty social media dig at his old enemy Barry Hearn

Ronnie O’Sullivan’s dad took another thinly-veiled swipe at snooker supremo Barry Hearn.

The Rocket is still currently celebrating his dramatic victory over Judd Trump in the snooker World Grand Prix final. However, he will have to wrap his celebrations up soon, as O’Sullivan, 48, has to face Alfie Burden in the qualification stage for the upcoming World Open, which will be held in Yushan, China between March 18  another example of how there is no rest for the wicked for the likes of O’Sullivan. If it was not already clear, the World No.1’s father, Ronnie Sr, took to social media to tweet his displeasure at Hearn and the World Snooker Tour.

He uploaded a picture of the snooker legend wearing a red, black, grey and white chequered coat and a bicycle helmet. He then wrote: “Getting ready for Barnsley tomorrow. Moped is gassed up and ready to go for a qualifying match for China. Lovely jubbly. Thanks Bazzer and WST.”

If his displeasure was not already clear enough, he also said: “Win a big tournament and given 24 hours to recover is barbaric. Then with no sleep or rest or preparation travel to Barnsley for one game to qualify for the tournament in China. It’s not good at all.

Top 16 should automatically go to China. No rewards. Because Baz Earner loves good or bad publicity as it’s all the same to him. Especially when a top seed goes out because of fatigue. Every pro in any sport needs time to recover. Baz earner and the hamster wheel.

China want to know who is coming over to play so they can promote the tournament and get players’ logos to wear promoting their companies.”