White ousted from Wuxi

The former world number two crashed to a 5-1 defeat to Indian Mehta, who is ranked 80 in the world, in the third qualification round in Sheffield.

Mehta will now face Jamie Cope for a place in the tournament proper in China, which takes place at the end of June.

The fourth and final round plays out on Friday, with the 16 winners booking their places at the first ranking event of the season.

Joining White on the scrapheap after Thursday's play were fellow veterans Steve Davis, who lost 5-3 to Kurt Maflin, and Tony Drago, a 5-1 loser against Jack Lisowski.

Youngster Luca Brecel's run was ended by Jamie Burnett while Liang Wenbo and Alan McManus were also ousted from the running.

Nigel Bond 3-5 Jimmy Robertson

Jimmy White 1-5 Aditya Mehta

Matthew Selt 5-3 Simon Bedford

Jack Lisowski 5-1 Tony Drago

Jamie Burnett 5-4 Luca Brecel

Rory McLeod 5-3 Mark Joyce

Xiao Guodong 1-5 Michael White

Liang Wenbo 3-5 Rod Lawler

Alan McManus 2-5 Barry Pinches

Dave Harold 5-4 Alfie Burden

Gerard Greene 5-1 Li Yan

Anthony McGill 4-5 David Gilbert

Ben Woollaston 1-5 Passakorn Suwannawat

Steve Davis 3-5 Kurt Maflin

Robert Milkins 5-4 Liu Chuang

Mike Dunn 1-5 Peter Lines

Barry Hawkins v Jimmy Robertson

Jamie Cope v Aditya Mehta

Peter Ebdon v Matthew Selt

Ken Doherty v Jack Lisowski

Marco Fu v Jamie Burnett

Mark Davis v Rory McLeod

Anthony Hamilton v Michael White

Jamie Jones v Rod Lawler

Tom Ford v Barry Pinches

Mark King v Dave Harold

Fergal O'Brien v Gerard Greene

Marcus Campbell v David Gilbert

Joe Perry v Passakorn Suwannawat

Michael Holt v Kurt Maflin

Ryan Day v Robert Milkins

Dominic Dale v Peter Lines