‘Let me have a look’, asked my male friend Charlie – reaching out for my phone. It was a Friday evening and talk among my group of friends had turned, as it so often does, to our dating lives.

Ronnie O’Sullivan was knocked out of the International Championship on Tuesday, but hung around in Nanjing to work with 14-year-old prospect Michal Szubarczyk. The Rocket was beaten 6-5 by Jack ...