Ronnie O'Sullivan began his season with a victory yesterday but that was the dull part:

The world No1 said he will be opening a shop in Soho to sell underwear for women and gay men, and rounded off his day with a diatribe against his former manager Ian Doyle

"I'm more excited about [the shop] than snooker politics," he said. "My girlfriend's bought the stock but I'd rather she wear it than sell it."

O'Sullivan had a 6-3 quarter-final win over Paul Hunter in the Regal Scottish Masters before accusing Doyle of trying to take over the running of snooker. "He's made more trouble than anyone," O'Sullivan alleged. "I wish he would work with the WPBSA and not try to control everything. Why not do things 50-50. This is all about greed."

Doyle responded: "Ronnie lives in his own world. I don't want to control the game. I just want it to get the respect it deserves."

Doyle and the company of which he is chairman, 110sport, have made several attempts to work with the game's governing body, the WPBSA, including a £3.3m sponsorship offer two years ago. 110sport emerged from a high court action in last October with a judgment that the WPBSA had breached the 1998 Competition Act in attempting to enforce an illegal restraint of trade. This cost the governing body some £2m and O'Sullivan criticised the 62-year-old Scot for bringing a case which had cost the membership so much money.

Doyle has also supported the recent proposal by which a new company, Altium, proposed to acquire WPBSA's remaining television and commercial rights in return for guaranteeing a world-ranking circuit of at least nine tournaments for the next five years.