Ronnie O'Sullivan has been told by former Masters champion Alan McManus to ditch the left-handed experiment after crashing out of the English Open.
The seven-time world champion crashed out of the English Open in the first round, losing 4-2 against Chinese star He Guoqiang.
It could've ended up much worse, with He racing to a 3-0 lead, before O'Sullivan, playing with the cue in his left hand for large parts of the contest, dragged it back to 3-2.
However, He kept his composure in what turned out to be the decisive frame to knock the Rocket out and progress into the last 32.
Unfortunately for last season's 'Rookie of the Year' winner, most of the post-match attention was fixed on the underperforming O'Sullivan.
And commenting on O'Sullivan's exit, McManus told Eurosport: "He played a lot of left-handed stuff tonight.
"Ronnie going forward, if he's going to play most of his matches with his left hand, I don't think he's going to win all that often because he paid the price too often tonight.
"Whether that is something he's going to keep in his armoury going forward, we're going to find out.
"His last shot of the match was a poor safety shot. Going forward, if O'Sullivan is going to play left-handed, I think he's going to pay the price."
It comes after an explosive interview from O'Sullivan cast doubt on the 48-year-old's future in snooker.
Speaking to The Sun, O'Sullivan claimed: "I'm absolutely useless, that's why.
"Forget about the Worlds. I'm not even bothered to be honest with you, if I'm going to play rubbish I might as well play left-handed.
"Play left-handed and enjoy it, but be useless, or play right-handed, be useless and not enjoy it. I haven't got long, I'm not going to deny it, I'm not playing well enough, there's no point in even worrying about it - I've just accepted it now which is quite a nice place to be really."
He continued: "I'm awful, it's embarrassing. I miss so many balls. I've been missing balls for the last four or five years and every now and then I'll miss a few less, maybe, and get a couple of results.
"Even in tournaments I've won people have missed mad opportunities to beat me. I can't get away from it, poor, but there's nothing I can do about it."
O'Sullivan doesn't have long to dust himself down, with the British Open set to start next week.
