Jimmy White got his Victorian Plumbing UK Championship campaign underway with a 6-2 win over amateur Paul Deaville at qualifying.
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The legendary Englishman first turned professional 44 years ago, but is still competing at the top level at the age of 62. The ten-time ranking event winner ran the qualifying gauntlet to make the final stages in 2022 and will be hoping to do the same this week.
Breaks of 55 and 78 helped White to victory today. He now progresses to the second round, where he will face Scotland's Ross Muir on Monday afternoon.
China's Women's World Champion Bai Yulu followed up on her maiden professional victory yesterday with a brilliant 6-4 defeat of Jamie Jones to make the third round. She now needs just two more wins to make the final stages. Bai will face Scott Donaldson for a Judgement Day slot.
Leicester's Louis Heathcote came through with a 6-0 demolition of the UAE's Mohamed Shehab. Heathcote crafted runs of 52, 60, 57 and 59 in the win and now faces Ryan Day in round three.
Latvian Artemijs Zizins beat David Grace 6-3, while Ashley Carty beat Iulian Boiko 6-4. They now play Stephen Maguire and Wu Yize respectively.