鈥業 play snooker to perform on the biggest stage鈥� - Hossein Vafaei on pressure and not fearing anyone
Hossein Vafaei says he doesn鈥檛 fear anyone ahead of returning to the World Snooker Championship, but admits the support and pressure from his home country of Iran can be 鈥渢oo much鈥�.
Vafaei is playing at The Crucible in Sheffield 鈥� the venue of the annual World Snooker Championship 鈥� for the third consecutive year and he tells the 大象传媒's Jamie Broughton that the pressure he faces can lead to him not sleeping before matches.
The qualifier returns to The Crucible a year after knocking out China鈥檚 Ding Junhui in round one in 2023.
Image: Iran's Hossein Vafaei competes against China's Jiang Jun during the round 4 of the World Snooker Championship qualifying session at the EIS, in Sheffield, northern England, on April 17, 2024. (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
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