A BBC-nek sikerult egy keves hozzafuzni valot kiszedni az urakbol:

Ronnie O'Sullivan: "It helps, I know that. Who knows what I'll do from one day to the next?"
Ian McCulloch: "I thought it was quite funny - maybe he wants to be a sheikh. If Ronnie wants to do things like that it's his prerogative. I didn't have a problem with it."

Ronnie ezen kivul kritizalta a tornak szervezeset, hogy Maltara es Kinaba is utazni kell az iden, es azzal fenyegetozott, hogy az ilyen tavoli tornakon esetleg nem fog rajthoz allni.