TATIANA WOOLLASTON is the best referee in snooker, claims Ronnie O'Sullivan.
The no-nonsense civil servant continued to work Kyren Wilson's semi-final victory over David Gilbert at the World Snooker Championship.
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Woollaston37, called walking out at The Crucible for the occasion a “pinch me moment”.
But also the Eurosport panel members O'Sullivanbelieve that the best is yet to come from the Belarusian.
After Wilson booked his place in the final, presenter Radzi Chinyanganya asked experts O'Sullivan, Reanne Evans and Jimmy White for a word about Woollaston.
Evans, 38, said: “She is a top referee, I really appreciate her.
“She's a great girl too. She wrote a story with the text 'dreams come true, semi-final'.
“I said, 'No, dreams come true when you reach the final.'
“She deserves the final, she is top class and I hope maybe she makes it to the final next year.”
O'Sullivan then said: “Best referee in the world, mate. By a mile. All day, for me.”
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Jimmy White added, “She'll do a finale.”
To which O'Sullivan insisted: “She should do this year's final.”
That honor will instead fall to veteran official Paul Collier.
The Welshman, 53, became the youngest official to ever officiate a World Snooker Championship final in 2004 when he refereed O'Sullivan's clash with Graeme Dott.
Ahead of this year's showpiece, Woollaston wrote on social media: “Wishing a great colleague of ours @welshref (Collier) all the best for tomorrow's final!
“If we're lucky, we can learn another 35 frames from the best #ilovesnooker.”
