Snooker | A top snooker player who gets drunk in a tournament will be subject to disciplinary action

Snooker professional Robert Milkins will face disciplinary action and possibly receive penalties after arriving on Sunday for the drunken opening of the Turkish Masters in Antalya.

Milkins also needed treatment in the hospital after quite a while, the British newspaper said The Guardian.

Milkins, who celebrated his 46th birthday on Sunday, crashed in the restroom, injured his chin and quarreled with the president of the professional players’ association. Jason Ferguson with.

A snooker professional tour confirmed to The Guardian on Wednesday that the professional disciplinary body is considering penalties for Milkins, which ranks 44th on the world snooker list.

Milkins also played in the tournament. He faced China on Tuesday Ding Junhuin and already led 4-1, but Ding eventually rose to a 5-4 win.

Milkins told Twitter that “he had only been drinking for 2.5 hours”. He said no one but himself was injured.

“Apparently I was shocked by a few. I’m sorry about that. I apologize to all the Turks and snookers in the world. They’ve all been great to me, ”Milkins wrote.

The Antalya tournament is the first professional snooker tournament in Turkey. The winner is promised £ 100,000 (€ 120,000). Among other things, the tournament will feature the world’s top three Judd Trump.

Correction March 9, 2022 at 7:10 PM: It was previously incorrectly mentioned in the story that Robert Milkins had deleted his tweet. This is not the case and it is now published in this story as well.