Jimmy White was warned about his behaviour after taking exception to the referee laughing throughout his 4-0 defeat by Luca Brecel within the second spherical of the BetVictor Northern Ireland Open.
The 60-year-old was already 3-0 down when referee Ben Williams incorrectly nominated the blue ball as an alternative of the brown after White potted a purple within the fourth body, then laughed at his error when corrected by the participant.
White was aggravated by the referee’s conduct, asking him a number of instances, “what’s funny about that?” earlier than showing to stay a finger up at Williams in footage posted on Twitter by Eurosport.
He was then handed a warning for “gesticulating”, with phrases additionally being exchanged on the finish of the match in spite of everything events had shaken arms.
White missed the brown following the incident with the referee and ended up shedding to Brecel, who had breaks of 106, 50 and 59.
John Higgins got here from behind to beat JacksonPage 4-3 after mounting a late comeback within the sixth and seventh frames.
Earlier within the match Page had made a 128 clearance to degree at 1-1.
However, within the sixth, he missed a purple to permit Higgins to clear up and drive a decider, which he then gained with a 124 break.
In the morning match, Pang Junxu beat Matthew Selt 4-0.
Source: www.impartial.co.uk
