Jack Lisowski reckons he will play snooker until he is a pensioner – after being inspired by veteran Jimmy White.
World No12 Lisowski kept his hopes of finally winning a major title alive by ending the German Masters dreams of a 60-year-old Whirlwind. People’s Champion White had been looking to become the first player over 60 to reach the quarter-finals of a ranking event for 44 years in Berlin.
But world No88 White, 60, fell to a 5-2 defeat after leading 2-0 and after squandering chances to win other frames as Lisowski reeled off five frames in a row. But Lisowski, 31, who has laboured for several years under the tag of best player never to win one of the big events, is in awe of White’s enthusiasm after 43 years on tour.
