The Rockets admitted that he could miss the World Championships for the first time since 1993, and the snooker legend has opened up about his predicament in the game.

He expressed doubts about his participation in this year's World Championships, admitting that he had not yet decided whether to sign up for the tournament. He has competed in the World Championships every year since his debut in 1993, but the snooker legend has been in a slump of form lately.

這位七屆世界冠軍自去年11月在英錦賽首輪不敵霍金斯后就再未參加過排名賽，今年1月在冠軍聯賽輸給米爾金斯后，他甚至摔斷了球杆。

The Rockets haven't played since that game, withdrawing from the Masters and four other events, citing ill health, and have been in poor form.

The 49-year-old has returned to training to try to regain his form and plans to decide whether or not to compete at the World Championships on Wednesday, just three days away.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, he confessed: "If things keep going like today, it won't look good for me. I'm not going to give up yet, but I'll give myself two years to try to figure it out. ”

"I don't want to end my career feeling like I'm not playing as well as I should. I don't necessarily have to win the game, but I just want to enjoy the game. I wish I could leave with a smile. ”

"I need to work hard to fix myself and try to get back to the way I used to play. It was a huge rebuilding process, and maybe the last I would have to go through as a professional. Honestly, do I think I can do it? I'm afraid not. ”

"I think at the current stage of my career, it's probably a little late.And as a player, I may already be considered a "defective product".。 After so many years, there are also a lot of scars on his body.But I'm not ready to give up at the moment, because I think it's a bit too much to give up now. ”

Rocket, reflecting on the incident in which he broke his club, admitted that he regretted his actions. "I regret it, but it wasn't impulsive, I've been in poor form for the last four years, and I can't stand it." He explained.

"It's not that we lost, we played just badly. It's been a long time to be in poor shape for four years, and it's left me exhausted and tormented. By the beginning of the season, I was even scared to go near the practice table and take the club out of the box. ”

"In August I tried to hit with my left hand for a month. And then I tried to switch bridges.There was also a band-aid on the finger. So I tried a lot of things, but they all came to a dead end, which is why I needed to take a break.”

"It's not psychological, it's more physical. It's really hard to explain. Watching my own games on TV, I could see the problem, but I just didn't know how to fix it. In the end, I didn't even want to watch myself play anymore because it was so annoying. ”

"I think it goes back six years when I started changing my technique and trying to find that extra 5% stability. But I completely screwed up my game. ”