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Jamie Burnett "fed up" with snooker after Crucible exit

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Speaking after his 10-7 defeat to Joe Perry at the World Championship, Jamie Burnett admits that he is "fed up" with snooker and struggles to motivate himself to play.

Jamie Burnett has admitted that he is "not bothered" about snooker anymore following his first-round elimination at the 2014 World Championships.

The Scot was beaten 10-7 by Joe Perry at the Crucible on Monday, and afterwards surprised everybody in the game with an honest assessment of how he felt.

"I don't really bother too much about snooker anymore, I've lost a lot of enjoyment from the game," Burnett told BBC Sport. "It's just not the same for me anymore, I'm 38 and I've been a bit fed up with it for a few years now. I just play and, if I win, good. But, if I get beat, fine, good luck to the other guy."

However, Burnett, who is currently ranked world number 43, insisted that he will not be retiring.

"I'm not calling it a day, I can't do anything else. It's just more of a job I don't enjoy. I don't enjoy the travelling, it's a bit of a chore just now. I'm not even getting a lot of enjoyment out of winning matches. When I qualified for the World Championship, I should have been really excited, but I wasn't," he added.

"I used to love playing the matches, but I'm struggling to get up for them now. I should have been really excited today, 6-3 up at the worlds with a chance to play Ronnie O'Sullivan in the next round would have been awesome - and I was flat right from the start.

"I've been very lucky to have been playing snooker for a long time and I'm certainly not sitting here crying about it. I'm just saying I don't have the sort of drive guys like Steve Davis and Jimmy White have, still playing snooker at the level they are, for so long. I don't know how they do it. They must really love the game and I'm one of the players that don't."

The 38-year-old's best ranking finish was as runner-up at the 2010 Shanghai Masters.

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