'Phenomenal' - Ronnie O'Sullivan in awe as Jimmy White pulls off Judd Trump's brilliant banana shot

You never lose it, as Jimmy White proved when pulling off a replica of Judd Trump’s stunning shot against Si Jiahui at the Welsh Open. Trump dropped jaws when potting a black with deep screw, bending the white around the pink and developing the yellow on the top cushion. Ad/> White built a career on his brilliant cue power and control, and Trump plays a similar game.

Welsh OpenTrump battles to win over Robertson to book semi-final spotAN HOUR AGO Never one to shirk a challenge, White took up the baton in the presence of Ronnie O’Sullivan and Rachel Casey. Setting the scene for Eurosport, O’Sullivan said: “The pink is in the way so he’s got to push the white out and bring it back. We call it a banana shot and you have got to get so much action on the white.

“There’s probably only two players who can do this. One is Judd and the other is Jimmy. Jimmy invented the shot years ago.

“This is a hard shot.” Winners win, losers lose — O'Sullivan questions mindset of players I am not playing well enough — Trump admits to struggles with form White struck the cue ball so crisply that he got too much action on it, but at the second time of asking he executed it to perfection to and even dropped perfectly on the yellow. “Look at that, phenomenal,” said O’Sullivan. “You will probably get one out of 50, Jimmy has done one out of two.” Clearly pleased with himself, White said: “He (Trump) played it well but he didn’t get on the yellow like I did.” As we said, you never lose it.

Jimmy White, take a bow. --- Watch the Welsh Open and other top snooker live on Eurosport and discovery+. /> Welsh Open'Phenomenal' — O'Sullivan in awe as White pulls off Trump's brilliant banana shotAN HOUR AGO Welsh Open'He could never look boring if he tried' —