Ronnie O'Sullivan made a bold statement in the first round of the English Open by beating Frenchman Brian Ochoiski with his pink painted fingernails.
The gesture signaled that he wanted to provide adequate television coverage to the breast cancer awareness charity Future Dreams.
World snooker champion O'Sullivan, who has revealed he's been to a nail salon to do so ahead of his first round at the English Open, hopes some of his colleagues will make similar statements in the weeks to come.
He said as cited by Sports Central: 'I was talking about it to my friend Andrew and I said I would wear them in a match or tournament. 'It's an important cause. More important than the game of snooker. I want to give it decent TV exposure. 'Maybe more guys will show some bottle and put pink varnish on! I had it done in a nail shop. I have to thank my fiancé, too. I really like it. 'This is for the rest of the week. Even if I go out and have to do punditry, I will still keep them on. Now I know why women like painting their nails.
O'Sullivan's fiancee, Laila Rouss, shared some photos of O'Sullivan's nails on her Instagram page.
One of them showed O'Sullivan on the train, covering his mouth to reveal a hand with newly painted pink fingernails.
It was a charm of luck for O'Sullivan as he came back from two frames down to beat Ochoiski 4-2.
O'Sullivan added: 'I thought I played okay in the end and got amongst the balls. 'Brian played some nice shots. 'He punished me for playing good shots. Then I went kamikaze on the table – smash, crash, bang, wallop.
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