Jimmy White beaten by Zhou Yuelong in European Masters qualifying, Jack Lisowski advances with Simon Lichtenberg win
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Updated 27/10/2021 at 16:46 GMT
Jimmy White was bidding to make the event proper, but found Zhou Yuelong too strong. The event will be held at the Stadthalle Fürth in Germany, having been hosted by the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes last time due to coronavirus restrictions. Mark Selby is the defending champion after beating Martin Gould 9-8 in the final.
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Jimmy White’s bid to qualify for the European Masters ended in a 5-2 defeat to Zhou Yuelong.
White suffered an agonising loss to Ryan Day in German Masters qualifying earlier in the month, and he came out second best once again.
Zhou is a gifted player and despite the occasional lapse, he had too much quality for White who once again paid for missing easy balls.
The 23-year-old from China took a scrappy opening frame and secured the second with a break of 66 to pile pressure on the veteran.
White looked good in the third, only to miss a yellow off its spot when on a break of 37. He got a second bite and after laying a couple of fiendish snookers, White knocked in the brown to get on the board.
Zhou went into the interval with a two-frame advantage after knocking in a break of 83 in the fourth, before taking the fifth.
But White gained a foothold when taking the sixth frame thanks to some clever safety play.
White had a chance in the seventh with the balls well spread, but ran out of position and failed to make a difficult blue into the right middle.
Zhou stepped in and a break of 60 was enough to book his passage to the event proper.
Jack Lisowski stamped his ticket to the Stadthalle Furth with a 5-2 win over Simon Lichtenberg.
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