Asked about O’Sullivan after his victory over Ding, Vafaei suggested O’Sullivan was a nice person when he was asleep and even put on an Essex accent as he criticised the world number one for always making excuses.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23460564.hossein-vafaei-steps-war-words-ronnie-osullivan/?ref=rss

The pair came through their respective semi-finals in contrasting circumstances on Saturday, with O’Sullivan easing past Hossein Vafaei 6-2, while Ding held his nerve to deny Judd Trump with a 6-4 win in the evening session.

Source: https://carlow-nationalist.ie/2023/12/03/ding-junhui-beats-judd-trump-to-set-up-uk-final-showdown-with-ronnie-osullivan/

There were a couple of boos for Hossein Vafaei but it was not audible on the TV screens.

Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/22048891/world-snooker-championship-2023-live-results-ronnie-osullivan-vafaei-stream-free-watch-online/

Vafaei defeated his UK professional snooker player Mark Selby in the 2022 English Snooker Open Tournament.

Source: https://en.mehrnews.com/news/200552/Iran-s-Vafaei-improves-his-global-snooker-ranking

Vafaei then went on to explain that his problem with O’Sullivan really began when they last played each other, in a low-key German Masters qualifier, played in Cannock in October 2021.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/04/21/ronnie-osullivan-vs-hossein-vafaei-the-story-of-their-feud-18647679/

Vafaei will take home some great memories from his first appearance at the Masters, beating Mark Selby in round one and then knocking in that fabulous break in defeat to Lisowski.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/13/jack-lisowski-couldnt-see-anything-hours-before-beating-hossein-vafaei-at-the-masters-18093128/