Jimmy White beats player 42 years his junior in UK Championship qualifying

Jimmy White got his UK Championship qualifying run underway connected Sunday with a 6-2 triumph implicit Paul Deaville, a subordinate who is 42 years his junior.

The 62-year-old bushed the youngster with a mates of half-centuries on the way, including a 78 successful the last framework of the match.

The satellite fig 90 has to triumph 4 matches successful qualifying to scope the main stages astatine York’s Barbican and helium returns for his 2nd outing against Ross Muir connected Monday.

The legendary Whirlwind is inactive playing successful the UK Championship 43 years aft helium reached the semi-finals connected debut successful 1981.

He bushed the likes of John Virgo, Dennis Taylor and Ray Reardon that twelvemonth earlier moving into Steve Davis successful the semis and taking a 9-0 walloping.

It is besides 32 years since White won the UK Championship, beating John Parrott successful the 1992 last successful 1 of the biggest wins of his epic career.

Deaville, his hostile connected Sunday astatine the qualifiers successful Leicester, was calved successful 2004, 24 years aft White turned professional.

It is not a triumph retired of the bluish for the seasoned aft helium bushed Mohammed Shehab and Andrew Higginson astatine the Saudi Arabia Masters earlier this season, portion helium bushed Deaville, Jackson Page and Hossein Vafaei successful the Northern Ireland Open.

The qualifiers tally until Thursday 21 November successful Leicester, with the main lawsuit getting underway 2 days aboriginal connected Saturday successful York.

Ronnie O’Sullivan is the defending champion aft beating Ding Junhui successful past year’s last and helium volition statesman the defence of his rubric connected the opening time astatine the Barbican.

Who helium faces is yet to beryllium decided, with plentifulness of large names having to travel done qualifying to articulation the Rocket and the remainder of the apical 16 successful York.

The likes of Neil Robertson, Barry Hawkins, Jak Jones, Dave Gilbert, Stephen Maguire, Anthony McGill, Tom Ford, Jacki Lisowski and Hossein Vafaei are each successful the qualifiers and volition beryllium precise tricky tests for immoderate apical 16 subordinate if they travel through.