Despite his recently loss of the Premier Crown, Ronnie O’Sullivan still remains the favorite with 3-1 odds to win the Snooker World Championship this April. Coral bookmakers have O’Sullivan at those odds even though he lost the final of the Premier League to Shaun Murphy.

O’Sullivan was the favorite to win the Premier League but could not get passed Murphy to claim the win. This would have been his sixth Premier title win in a row but he could not come up with the win. Murphy is the fourth favorite to win the crown in Sheffield.

Gary Burton a spokesman for Coral commented: “losing at anytime isn’t good news for the Rocket, but to reach any final must be seen as a positive, and he will surely be the man to beat once again come April.”

John Higgins is the 7-1 second favorite and Mark Selby at 8-1 odds. Higgins is the reigning champion of the event.



- 2009-12-01