Snooker referee told he had 'nightmare' match as he calls controversial rare foul

Jimmy White bushed Hossein Vafaei 4-2 astatine the Northern Ireland Open and determination was a arguable determination made by referee Kevin Dabrowski that went against Vafaei

Jimmy White picked up a melodramatic triumph implicit Hossein Vafaei astatine the Northern Ireland Open, with referee Kevin Dabrowski calling a arguable uncommon foul.

White's 4-2 triumph implicit the world fig 24 was a large upset, with Vafaei peculiarly unhappy aft Dabrowski called a foul erstwhile helium potted a red. Dabrowski insisted helium was "100 per cent sure" that Vafaei had placed the cue shot extracurricular the D aft White had potted it.

Vafaei was not blessed and called for a replay to beryllium shown, but Dabrowski was adamant his telephone was correct. Eurosport commentator Neal Foulds was little convinced aft seeing the replay, stating: "I can't tell.

"It's got to beryllium implicit the enactment I suppose, alternatively than connected the line. It looked similar it mightiness person been in. But I'm not going to accidental either way. I don't deliberation it's precise obvious, 1 mode oregon another."

However, Dabrowski insisted the telephone was "very obvious", telling Vafaei: "I'm 100 per cent certain. Hossein, would you similar to instrumentality a look? It's precise obvious." Vafaei protested: "It's connected the yellowish spot!"

Dabrowski past responded: "It's not Hossein. You tin spot connected the video it's extracurricular of the D. I'm 100 per cent sure." Speaking aft the game, White admitted it was a "nightmare" concern for Dabrowski to handle.

"When we looked astatine it connected the camera it was close, but I retrieve that happened to maine successful The Masters once," White said. "You're perfectly right, it looks a small spot close of the yellowish spot. I thought it was implicit the enactment going up.

"I spot what you're saying. He was adamant the referee. He had a spot of a nightmare contiguous with the match, didn't he? Then you've got a fewer radical successful the assemblage who got a spot excited, but helium did well. But yeah, determination it looks somewhat out."

Former snooker subordinate Alan McManus besides felt Dabrowski made the close call, explaining: "The subordinate is liable for putting the cue shot successful the D properly. He is utilizing some lines, the baulk enactment and the D-line; it indispensable beryllium wrong both.

"This isn't shot we're playing here; it's wholly different. The cue shot can't beryllium touching the line. So though it's touching it, it's much retired than successful and that's fundamentally what the referee has to look at. It means that Kevin Dabrowski, successful my opinion, made the close call."

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