Ronnie O’Sullivan and his lookalike daughter Lilly were spotted in the Royal Box at Wimbledon on Tuesday, avidly watching the action-packed second day of the tennis tournament.
The snooker player, 48, looked transfixed as he watched the first round match between Novak Djokovic and Vit Kopriva at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in south west London.
The seven-time world champion brought along his daughter Lilly, 18, who he shares with ex Jo Langley.
The father-daughter duo looked excited as they watched the action unfold beside each other, showing their remarkable resemblance.
Snooker fans were previously stunned by how much Ronnie’s youngest children have inherited his looks after his historic Masters win earlier this year.
Ronnie O’Sullivan and his lookalike daughter Lilly were spotted in the Royal Box at Wimbledon on Tuesday, avidly watching the action-packed second day of the tennis tournament
The snooker player, 48, looked transfixed as he watched the first round match between Novak Djokovic and Vit Kopriva at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in south west London
The seven-time world champion brought along his daughter Lilly, 18, who he shares with ex Jo Langley
The star became the the oldest to ever win the Masters, with his historic win at Alexandra Palace in January.
And he proudly posed with the Paul Hunter trophy alongside Lilly and his son Ronnie Junior, whom he also shares with Jo.
But fans couldn’t help but notice that Lily and Ronnie Jr were the spitting image of their father, taking to social media to quip: ‘Oh my god, I’ve just seen Ronnie O’Sullivan’s kids. No DNA test needed there.’
While another marvelled: ‘Ronnie O’Sullivan’s kids looks more like Ronnie O’Sullivan than Ronnie O’Sullivan does’.
Ronnie’s Wimbledon appearance comes after he crashed out of the World Snooker Championships in May, following his defeat by qualifier Stuart Bingham 13-10 in the quarter-finals.
Ronnie was heavily backed as the favourite ahead of the match, but after the pair came into the final session all-square at 8-8, Stuart pulled away from the world No 1 and wrapped up the tie by reeling off the three frames.
Afterwards, he told EuroSport: ‘I’ve enjoyed the tournament, for me it’s been a great tournament.
‘I’ve actually started getting through the ball, which is a great thing for me at tournaments – but you just want to be enjoying the game.
The father-daughter duo looked excited as they watched the action unfold beside each other, showing their remarkable resemblance
Snooker fans were previously stunned by how much Ronnie’s youngest children have inherited his looks after his historic Masters win earlier this year (pictured)
The star became the the oldest to ever win the Masters in January and proudly posed with the Paul Hunter trophy alongside Lilly and his son Ronnie Junior
But fans couldn’t help but notice that Lily and Ronnie Jr were the spitting image of their father, taking to social media to quip: ‘Oh my god, I’ve just seen Ronnie O’Sullivan’s kids. No DNA test needed there’
‘For me, there’s been a lot of progress. I lost a snooker match tonight. Stuart deserved the victory, he played really well, I tried to hang on in there but it just wasn’t to be.’
Ronnie has been candid in the past about his mental health struggles and last year opened up on his rise to the top of snooker despite spiralling after his father was jailed for murder in an Amazon Prime documentary.
In Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge of Everything, he detailed the moment he sat in the courtroom aged 16 as his father received his life sentence for murder.
‘The Rocket’ recalled: ‘He just said, “Tell my boy to win”. ‘Typical. “Just tell my boy to win”. That’s it.’
Winning is something Ronnie had drilled into him by his dad from a young age, and something he went on to do in record fashion.
But, as he explained in the compelling documentary, his father’s prison term also sent him spiralling and came close to wrecking his life and career.
He said: ‘I didn’t want to blame everything on that situation with my dad. But I just think I would rather not have the snooker, just have a normal family. Not had to have gone through that. Forget the snooker. Just normal.’
Ronnie’s Wimbledon appearance comes after he crashed out of the World Snooker Championships in May, following his defeat by qualifier Stuart Bingham 13-10 in the quarter-finals
Ronnie was heavily backed as the favourite ahead of the match, but after the pair came into the final session all-square at 8-8, Stuart pulled away from the world No 1 and wrapped up the tie by reeling off the three frames
Ronnie also delved into his addiction to drink and drugs, as well as depression, in the documentary.
In the trailer, he is seen saying: ‘My addictions are good in many ways because it drives me on – but it needs to be managed.
‘People could see that I was imploding. I wasn’t very good at having this stuff locked inside me.
‘I never want to go to those dark places, but sometimes you have to.’
