Bad news for Jimmy White fans as it has today been revealed that he has been forced to withdraw from this week’s China Open due to ‘visa problems’. As a result, local wildcard Tian Pengfei will receive a walkover and now meet Mark Selby at the last 32 stage on Wednesday evening.
For the story on the World Snooker website, please click here.
On a lighter Jimmy-related note, I was watching this yesterday.