Ronnie O'Sullivan has shed light on how buying an air fryer helped him beat Judd Trump in the final of the World Grand Prix on Sunday.
The Rocket came from 4-0 down to win 10-7 and claim his second title of the year.
O'Sullivan felt unwell at the start of the week - but was still able to come out on top, just seven days on from his Masters final triumph over Ali Carter.
And the 48-year-old, speaking to ITV, has now revealed buying an air fryer and a smoothie maker helped make the difference.
Ronnie O'Sullivan says buying an air fryer helped him beat Judd Trump in the final of the World Grand Prix
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"I enjoyed that, I really did, I enjoyed the game," he told ITV.
"Start of the week I was feeling a bit rough, then I brought myself an air fryer and a smoothie maker.
"I started to feel a bit better and...I don't like eating junk food, it sort of puts me in a funny place.
"So I started to feel better as the week went on, I played some of my best snooker last night against Ding.
"That gave me some confidence coming into today, I knew I'd have to play well to at least do something well against Judd.
"I enjoyed the match. I thought it might be a 10-1 job.
"I managed to win a few frames this afternoon. 5-3 gave me a bit of optimism, I just came out and thought 'try and enjoy the battle'.
"Because you have to enjoy a battle against Judd, he's a warrior.
"For me he's the favourite for the World Championships this year."
He continued: "When I play snooker I feel young in my head.
"I know age is a number, 48, but when I start playing I feel I knock about 20 years off.
"As long as I still feel young at the table, I don't think age is really an issue.
"I think the experience is helping me."
While it was another joyous day for O'Sullivan, it was a painful evening in the end for Trump.
The 34-year-old had his chances but came up short, with the snooker star unable to add to his crowns in 2019 and 2020.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan was delighted after beating Judd Trump to win the World Grand Prix
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And Trump rued his failure to win as he delivered his verdict on the proceedings in Leicester.
He said: "No, I didn't really start well I don't think. Ronnie missed a few, we both struggled, the standard wasn't very good.
"But Ronnie cleaned up when he needed to with a couple of important frames, important breaks he made some really good clearances and his safety was really good tonight, he was getting in first and scoring a lot heavier.
"There was a lot of ups and downs in that second session.
"He scored heavily, he was getting an overall, well-deserved win for him."
Ronnie O'Sullivan was too strong for Judd Trump in the final of the World Grand Prix on Sunday
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He continued: "Yeah, it's obviously never nice losing.
"But it was nice to have another final against Ronnie, it's always a good game and hopefully Ronnie continues playing like that and we can meet in a few more finals this season."
