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Ronnie O'Sullivan has called on the World Snooker Tour to hire a full-time mental health professional to help stars.

The Rocket opted against playing at the Masters this week, but has been on Eurosport's coverage of the tournament and asked for the WST to help out their players.

“I think World Snooker should have somebody," he said. "In football, they have masseuses, people sorting out injuries.

"I think snooker should have someone at the tournament employed as like if someone is struggling, they’ve come off the table, ‘do you need 10 minutes with someone?’

“I’m not saying everyone will go in there but I just think a lot of players suffer in silence basically. I can tell, just look at them and they’re struggling. They should have someone to go and talk to.

“I think that’s so important. You have coaches sorting your correction out but really you need someone just to unload a bit. I think it would really help the players."

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