Since her debut on television in 2011, Woollaston has established herself as one of the top referees in the sport. In 2020, she will make her debut at the Crucible and will oversee the finals of the Welsh Open and British Open.
Although Ronnie O’Sullivan has stated that he feels Tatiana Woollaston is the “best ref in the world by a mile,” it is evident that Woollaston is not one of the referees that has it in for him.
This year, she is officiating the World Championship semi-final in Sheffield between Dave Gilbert and Kyren Wilson. It is her first time officiating in the one-table setup at the Crucible, where she is once again performing quite well.
“Best ref in the world, mate,” exclaims the impressed Rocket. By far. For me, the entire day. I should have her do the final this year.
Reanne Evans, a 12-time women’s world champion, declared: “She’s a top referee, top, top ref.” She’s a great girl and I really like her.
“She is deserving of the victory.” She’s excellent, and I hope she makes it to the final the following year.
Given how well-liked and respected the referee is throughout the game, it seems like only a matter of time until Woollaston is in charge of the largest contest in the sport.
This year’s Crucible final is being officiated by Paul Collier, who will officiate the World Championship final four times before stepping down to concentrate on his work as the World Snooker Tour’s Tournament Director.
After arguing that “some referees have it in for him” following a confrontation with Desislava Bozhilova during his quarterfinal loss to Stuart Bingham, O’Sullivan praised Woollaston.
O’Sullivan’s commendation of Woollaston In the peculiar situation, the ball rocked slightly on a small indentation on the baize, making it impossible to pot a neighbouring red. The referee had to re-spot the black after O’Sullivan had potted it.
When the referee finally stopped the ball from rocking on the divet, the Rocket asked her to identify the black again. At that point, the red was pottable, but O’Sullivan decided against potting it since he didn’t feel comfortable gaining an edge in that way.
After the incident, he did, however, tell Eurosport: “I wanted to show her that she was mistaken because I feel like some of the referees have it in for me.”After his assertion that “some referees have it in for him” following
“After that, I felt uneasy about having to pot the ball.” All I intended to do was raise the subject, and it has been raised.
“I don’t really want to win that way.” Since I like to think in terms of principles, I can rest easy at night once the principle has been established.
When questioned about what transpired following the loss, he responded, “I won’t be commenting on players or referees; it’s not worth it.”
“I won’t say anything about that kind of thing.” I’ll refrain from making any remarks about the officials or the players. I simply leave things alone. I don’t need the inconvenience; my life is too nice.
