Jimmy ‘Whirlwind’ White suffered a 4-0 defeat on Thursday to Scotland’s Chris Totten within the qualifying spherical for the British Open.
The six-time world championship finalist received the British Open in 1987 and 1992, however was outplayed by world No. 100 Totten, who produced breaks of 63, 64, 86 and 87 to ebook his journey to the last-64 stage on the Centaur in Cheltenham subsequent month.
One-time world champion Ken Doherty additionally suffered an early exit as he went down 4-2 to China’s world No. 58 Xu Si, who rolled in 120 and 97 on his method to hitting again from 2-1 behind, after Doherty had produced a few 60-plus breaks.
However 23-time rating occasion winner Neil Robertson secured his place within the final 64 with a 4-1 win over Welshman Andrew Pagett, whose 59 break within the fourth body was cancelled out by a wonderful 62 from the Australian icon.
Elsewhere on the Mattioli Enviornment in Leicester, Ricky Walden edged out Liu Hongyu 4-3 with Zhou Yuelong operating out a 4-2 winner towards Fan Zhengyi.
The ultimate stage of the British Open takes place between September 23-29. All prime 16 seeds will start their respective campaigns in Cheltenham, with 26-time rating occasion winner Mark Williams bidding to defend the title he collected with a 10-7 victory within the closing towards Mark Selby final season.
Newest British Open qualifying outcomes
- Chris Totten 4-0 Jimmy White
- Ricky Walden 4-3 Liu Hongyu
- Zhou Yuelong 4-2 Fan Zhengyi
- Xu Si 4-2 Ken Doherty
- Xing Zihao 2-2 Mark Joyce
- Andrew Pagett 1-4 Neil Robertson
