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Jimmy White ends Judd Trump's Tour Championship hopes with stunning victory for legend at WST Classic

Jimmy 'Whirlwind' White continued his remarkable return to form with a 4-2 victory over Masters champion Judd Trump in the last 32 of the inaugural WST Classic in Leicester. The six-time world finalist followed up his opening 4-2 win over 2006 world champion Graeme Dott and 4-3 victory against former Welsh Open winner Joe Perry in the second round with another assured display of typical grit against Trump on Tuesday morning to reach the last 16. Ad Trump had threatened to recover from trailing 3-0 after piecing together 73 in the fifth frame, but White maintained his composure on the colours to see out another fine performance and reach the last 16 of a ranking event for the second time this season.

He lost 5-2 to Jack Lisowski at the German Masters in February. SnookerMurphy dumped out of WST Classic, Un-Nooh fires 147 in defeat, Allen survives scare20 HOURS AGO “I was really nervous, and it’s OK to be nervous because it means you’re alive," said White. «Even though I went 3-0 up, I didn’t really play great stuff but he was struggling.

“I tried to keep him cold. I had a chance to win 4-0, a chance to win 4-1 and then the balls don’t forgive you and I lost a bit of discipline. “It’s a big win for me.

The last five times I’ve played him, he’s beaten me. I've played better than I played today and lost so a great win.” The Londoner will meet China's Pang Junxu on Tuesday afternoon for a quarter-final place after Pang enjoyed a 4-0 whitewash win against compatriot Si Jiahui, boosted by breaks of 139 and 96. To illustrate his potting renaissance period, at the age of 60, the evergreen White reached his last world final in 1994, five years after Trump was born, and won the last of his 10 career ranking titles at the 2004

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