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奧蘇利雲──五屆世界桌球冠軍Ronnie O’Sullivan

I heard about Marco was when he first came to England as a young pro, he was always with his dad Willie.

I first played him at the Grand Prix at Preston and I remember feeling pretty good about my game, I was playing well. It’s never easy competing against someone that you’ve never played before, in his case I’d never even seen him play at all.

Marco made five single table visits in the whole match, winning each frame from one scoring opportunity and anyone who can do that is a world class player.

He made the final of that event and from that moment on all the players knew Marco was going to be a top top player. Aside from being world class on the table, he’s also a top guy off it. You won’t find one person who has a bad word to say about him, a gentleman of our sport and a class act.

I remember one of our first chats together, he was asking me where he should base himself in the UK, I said get yourself to Stirling in Scotland and go play with Stephen Hendry.

One particular thing I admire about Marco is that he has always tried to be the very best player he can, only recently I’d noticed he’d changed some things in his technique, always such a hard thing to do as a player when something has served you well for nearly twenty years. It takes courage.

But he was right to change and I believe he is now a much more dangerous opponent，probably just had one of his most consistent seasons as a professional winning the Scottish open, and beating many top players en route, doing it in a stylish manner of heavy scoring and good match play.

Marco is also very grounded about it all, take for example when I played him in the semis of the 2017 Masters. In the heat of our battle there he was giving his young daughter a smile, Marco has always put his family before his snooker. For me it’s this quality that you have to admire more than anything.

In our sport, most players need to be selfish and driven to succeed, not Marco. He always thinks of what is best for his wife and daughter, it’s a good lesson for me and all sports people out there. Marco shows us all that you can have that balance of a good family life and still be a top sportsman at the same time.

最初聽聞傅家俊這名字，是他初來英國當職業球員的時候，那時他爸爸Willie長伴左右。

我們的首次對賽是在Preston舉行的格蘭披治，還記得當時感覺良好，覺得自己打得不錯。與一個從未交過手的人對賽，從來不是一件容易的事，更何況我當時從未看過他打球。

Marco那場一cue清檯五次，每次都是一cue便贏了一局，所以能夠有如此表現的球員都是世界級的。

那項賽事，他最終殺入了決賽。自此，全球所有球手都知道傅家俊將會是一位頂尖球員。場上，他是世界級球員；場外，他亦是一個頂級好人。你不會聽到有人說他丁點兒的壞話，他是桌球界的紳士。

記得在一次早期的交談中，他問我應在英國何方「落腳」？我告訴他往蘇格蘭的Stirling，跟亨特利一起練習切蹉。

我特別欣賞傅家俊一直盡其所能，努力成為最優秀一員。我最近才發現他改變了他的那套波，要改變持之有效近二十年的球路，從來都不是一件容易的事。這需要勇氣。

但他的改變是正確的。我認為現在的傅家俊是一位更具威脅力的競爭對手，而他剛剛亦經歷了一個最穩定的職業球季，晉級期間不但殺退多位高手，力取得連綿高分並打出漂亮的桌球，最後贏得蘇格蘭公開賽冠軍。

除此之外，傅家俊也是很「真」的，就以他與我在2017年大師賽四強那場賽事為例，在激戰當中，他還能對他的幼女報以微笑。傅家俊一直把家庭放在事業之上。對我來說，就是這種情操已經勝過一切，令人欽佩不已。

在我們的圈子裏，很多球手為了成功，只顧自己，不顧一切，但傅家俊不是這樣。他一直以妻女為先，對我和其他所有運動員來說，這真是一個很好的榜樣。Marco證明給我們看，人擁有美好家庭的同時，也可以是一名頂級運動員。家庭與事業，可以兼得。