Stephen Hendry snubs Ronnie O'Sullivan as he names his top 5 favourite snooker players to watch
The six-time world champion is a big admirer of The Rocket and confessed he always wants to commentate on his matches.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan is not Stephen Hendry's favourite player to watch
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The Scot picked his top five most entertaining snooker stars
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But there are several snooker stars Hendry is fond of, including his idol
Hendry, 56, says White's style and the shots he produced in his prime helped him fall in love with snooker.
He named White fifth in his top five list however, behind Judd Trump and Jack Lisowski, who place fourth and third respectively.
Hendry is a big fan of Trump's
power
and his breakbuilding abilities, while he believes Lisowski is reminiscent of
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That leaves the top two, and although Hendry believes O'Sullivan is the best player of all time, he is still not his favourite to watch.
He said on the
"If Ronnie is in a tournament and I get my rota for commentating, I always hope to be on his matches.
"He's the greatest player of all-time. Break-building, cue ball control, if you don't like watching that then you don't like watching snooker. When he's on he plays the game perfectly, basically."
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Hendry then went on to make a shock revelation, naming Thepchaiya Un-Nooh as his number one favourite.
The Scot continued: "Thepchaiya Un-Nooh is my favourite player to watch. Unbelievable talent.
Championship League snooker match awkwardly interrupted by Ice Cream Van
"He beat me 6-1 once in the UK
Championship
qualifiers, he had five centuries and I don't think any of them took more than seven or eight minutes. The cue ball was on a string, it was absolute perfection.
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"How he's where he's ranked in the world…talent isn't enough on its own to be successful and he proves it because he's got bucket loads of talent.
"I love watching him play. It's all-out attack, he refuses nothing. Incredible talent, incredible player, incredible speed."
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Thepchaiya Un-Nooh is ranked No46 in the world
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