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[ad_1] Mark Williams has won 24 ranking titlesVenue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Dates: 15 April-1 MayCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV and Red Button with uninterrupted coverage on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport appThree-time champion Mark Williams produced a classy display to beat Jimmy Robertson 10-5 in the first round of the World Championship. Trailing 5-4 overnight, the 48-year-old Welshman compiled four half centuries as he reeled off six frames in a row to seal his victory.It was a tough afternoon for England’s Robertson, 36, who is yet to win a match at the Crucible in…

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[ad_1] Jimmy White has finished runner-up at the World Championship six timesJimmy White’s bid to return to the World Championship ended in the second round of qualifying on Thursday.But trailing 7-2 after Wednesday’s opening session, the 60-year-old was beaten 10-4 by fellow Englishman Martin O’Donnell.White last reached the final stages of the World Championship in 2006.White won the opening two frames of the second session on Thursday but could not maintain his fightback at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.O’Donnell, 36, will meet Thailand’s Noppon Saengkham in the penultimate round of qualifying on Saturday.Despite missing out for another year,…

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[ad_1] Stephen Hendry (right) has won seven world titles while Jimmy White is a six-time runner-upStephen Hendry, Jimmy White and Ken Doherty are among the players who will be involved in qualifying for this year’s World Snooker Championship.Women’s world champion Baipat Siripaporn is also in the field along with Barry Hawkins, Stephen Maguire, Hossein Vafaei and Marco Fu. There will be four qualifying rounds, from 3 to 12 April, with 128 players vying for 16 spots in the main draw.Seven-time champion Hendry, 54, faces James Cahill in the opening round.Doherty, the 1997 champion, will play 12-time women’s world champion Reanne…

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[ad_1] Jimmy White has finished runner-up at the World Championship six timesJimmy White says he is “playing too well” not to qualify for next month’s World Championship after reaching last 16 of the World Snooker Tour Classic.He has not reached the final stages of the World Championshipsince 2006, with qualifying beginning on April 3.”I’ll be getting to the Crucible,” said White.”I am playing too well. I’ll take a couple of days off now and get back to practice on Friday.”White won the opening frame against Pang to raise hopes of a quarter-final place, but Pang won the next four to…

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[ad_1] Jimmy White won the Masters in 1984 and the UK Championship in 1992Veteran Jimmy White shocked world number five Judd Trump to reach the last 16 of the World Snooker Tour Classic.’The Whirlwind’, 60, raced into a 3-0 lead and survived a rally from the former world champion to prevail 4-2.At the German Masters last month, White became the first player aged 60 or over to reach the last 16 of a ranking event for 31 years.”It’s a big win for me,” the six-time World Championship runner-up said.”If you are not a fan of Judd Trump you are not…

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