White ends five-year title drought

Eurosport - Mon, 13 Jul 11:23:00 2009

Jimmy White beat Barry Hawkins 8-6 in the final of the Sangsom 6-Red Grand Prix final in Bangkok to claim his first professional title in five years.

SNOOKER; Jimmy White, Snooker, Oct 2008 - 0

In a see-saw battle, White went 2-0 down but built up a 6-4 lead to take charge of the contest.

Hawkins hit back to level the match 6-6 but White won the last two frames to clinch his first professional success since the 2004 Players Championship.

White beat a host of big names in the knockout stages, including former world champions Shaun Murphy and Mark Williams, defending champion Ricky Walden, and top-16 player Mark King.

White picked up a cheque of 1,000,000 baht (approx £18,200) for his win.

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  1. He came to Pleasure Palace pool hall back in the­ '80's,about 40miles south of JHB RSA, to try­ and win a local pool tournament, he didnt though he,­ lost in the qualifiers, dont think he was tops then,­ but thats 'sport' hey, where has it got the­ rest of us who havnt put our talent to use!?!?!
    Good­ luck Meester White.

    From ineezrundle, on Sun 19 Jul 11:17AM

  2. please don't get excited about jimmy white winning­ a 6 red tournament,ok its nice he won something,jimmy­ was a great player for quite a few years,but­ unfortuneatly his time is up on the big stage and­ he's not going to be in the winners enclosure of­ any telly event, lets be realistic its not going to­ happen, and really i can't see how anybody can see­ this win as a professional title. i wish jimmy all the­ best for the future as he has done a good job for the­ game,which is more than i can say about some of the­ present players. ian b

    From Ian, on Thu 16 Jul 3:17AM

  3. jimmy,you are a snooker legend,the best player never to­ win the world championships,is this the start of an­ amazing comeback?,lets hope so,cos me,and countless­ others will be right behind you,bring the whirlwind­ back,and say "up yours!" to all the­ doubters,forwhich i'll be abused,but so what?saves­ them from slagging jimmy off!!
    come on jimmy!!!

    From chris, on Wed 15 Jul 7:49PM

  4. wow a million Baht!!!!
    thats like 23,000,000Lira or 40­ million Roubles!!
    try Pounds Jimmy, they go­ further...........

    From nick, on Tue 14 Jul 6:59PM

  5. Good work, Jimmy!

    From eminem1girl, on Mon 13 Jul 5:52PM

  6. Every credit to Jommy!!! Con gratulation!

    From edemrulez, on Mon 13 Jul 11:34AM

  7. jimmy is back now get your ranking up this year u have­ proved u still got the game to compete at the top

    From CARLINDA, on Mon 13 Jul 10:23AM

  8. well done jimmy

    From elizabeth, on Sun 12 Jul 10:45PM

  9. Love you Jimmy

    From George, on Sun 12 Jul 10:43PM

  10. Still a star Jimmy, well done.

    From alexander, on Sun 12 Jul 10:25PM
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