Jimmy White threw his cue on the desk in disgust throughout his Snooker Shoot Out defeat.
The Whirlwind missed an easy blue to permit Zak Surety to comb up and win their spherical one conflict in Swansea on Wednesday. White, 61, had missed a routine crimson minutes earlier, and frustration clearly received the higher of him as he tossed his cue into the centre of the desk amid a refrain of sympathetic groans.
He was trailing 43-57 on the time, however had the possibility to show issues round with the pink and black nonetheless in play. But the blue clipped the sting of the center pocket and skewed off down the desk, giving Surety a straightforward shot to wrap up the sport.
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Fans on social media had been fully baffled by White’s miss. One X person commented: “That is an absolutely shocking gaffe by Jimmy White.”
Another wrote: “Got to feel for Jimmy there. Such a routine shot. How did he miss?” A 3rd added: “Jimmy White not at his best today, and that shot just sums it all up.”
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Once ranked second on this planet, White is a former UK Snooker Champion and a six-time World Championship finalist. He appeared in 5 finals in a row between 1990 and 1994, however did not win any of them.
He’s additionally by no means gained Snooker Shoot Out, a contest launched in 2011 which gamers towards one another in a 10-minute one-frame match-up, with a shot clock working all through. Shaun Murphy hit the first most break in match historical past throughout his first spherical victory over Bulcsu Revesz on Thursday.