Jimmy White’s bid to reach his first World Championship since 2006 has ended in the second round of qualifying after a 10-4 defeat by Martin O’Donnell. The 60-year-old White, ranked No 73 in the world, has not reached the first round at the Crucible in 17 years but was hopeful of a surprise return this year after finding form at the UK Championship and the German Masters.
But the six-times world finalist slipped to a 7-2 deficit in the opening session on Wednesday, and could not claw his way back into the contest at the Institute of Sport in Sheffield.
