Jimmy White’s bid to return to the World Championship ended in the second round of qualifying on Thursday.
But trailing 7-2 after Wednesday’s opening session, the 60-year-old was beaten 10-4 by fellow Englishman Martin O’Donnell.
White last reached the final stages of the World Championship in 2006.
White won the opening two frames of the second session on Thursday but could not maintain his fightback at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.
O’Donnell, 36, will meet Thailand’s Noppon Saengkham in the penultimate round of qualifying on Saturday.
Despite missing out for another year, White is set to provisionally earn a new two-year tour card because of this season’s form on the one-year list.
Seven-time champion Stephen Hendry, who beat White in four finals between 1990 and 1994, also saw his bid for a long-awaited…
