Jimmy White reached the final 32 of the Scottish Open with a dramatic late-night victory over Jimmy Robertson in Edinburgh.

The clock had really ticked previous midnight and into the wee hours of Wednesday morning by the point the Whirlwind blew into the subsequent spherical.

After his heroics of final season, when he reached the venue phases of the UK Championship and the final 16 of the German Masters, this time period has typically been a battle.

Certainly, White had didn’t win a single match within the 2023/24 marketing campaign till his 4-3 overcome Duane Jones within the Scottish Open qualifiers.

There have been loads of occasions throughout his tie with Robertson when it appeared unlikely that he was going so as to add to that meagre tally.

However a conflict of low high quality was in the end determined after a tense change within the deciding body.

Robertson threw away plenty of golden alternatives to clinch it, ultimately permitting White in to clear the colors.

The 61 year-old, whose maiden skilled title was on the Scottish Masters all the way in which again in 1981 earlier than his opponent was even born, will face both Jamie Jones or Dominic Dale subsequent.

Elsewhere, Judd Trump and Jack Lisowski have been added to the rising casualty listing of seeded gamers within the match.

Lisowski, a runner-up 4 years in the past, was downed 4-1 by Aaron Hill, whereas Trump’s 15-match unbeaten streak within the Residence Nations collection was ended by Zhang Anda.

Though now a member of the highest 16 on the official world rankings listing, Zhang was really nonetheless ranked exterior the highest 32 when the draw for the Scottish Open was initially made, therefore his early pairing with Trump this week.

The Chinese language competitor was denied English Open glory by Trump in October however gained a modicum of revenge – compiling breaks of 114, 82, 81, and 71 within the course of.

Former champions Mark Selby and Luca Brecel survived for one more day, nevertheless, courtesy of respective deciding-frame defeats of Matthew Stevens and James Cahill.

Residence favorite John Higgins, a two-time runner-up since 2016, additionally progressed due to a 4-1 success in opposition to He Guoqiang.

Ding Junhui and Ali Carter are nonetheless within the operating for the £80,000 high prize, too.

Among the many others to make it by means of to the final 32 on day two on the Meadowbank Sports activities Centre have been Tom Ford, Ricky Walden, and Noppon Saengkham.

Rookie Liam Graham took benefit of the bye he acquired from Ronnie O’Sullivan’s withdrawal by ousting Ben Mertens.

There have been routine victories for Chinese language trio Lyu Haotian, Pang Junxu, and Liu Hongyu, whereas Martin O’Donnell and Ashley Carty additionally superior.

The spherical of 64 concludes on Wednesday.

Scottish Open draw

Spherical of 128 (bo7)

Gary Wilson 4-3 Elliott Slessor
Xing Zihao 4-3 Fergal O’Brien
Joe O’Connor 4-0 Andy Lee
Scott Donaldson 4-3 Ashley Hugill
Hossein Vafaei 3-4 Daniel Wells
Rory Thor 4-1 Graeme Dott
Ryan Day 4-2 Jiang Jun
Ashley Carty 4-2 Andres Petrov

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-2 Ma Hailong
Chris Wakelin 4-2 Mark Joyce
Yuan Sijun 4-0 Muhammad Asif
Mark Williams 3-4 Sam Craigie
Robbie Williams 4-1 Rod Lawler
David Gilbert 4-3 Jak Jones
Jordan Brown 4-2 Adam Duffy
Kyren Wilson 4-2 Mostafa Dorgham

Mark Allen 2-4 Jamie Jones
Dominic Dale 4-1 Ross Muir
Jimmy Robertson 4-2 Amaan Iqbal
Jimmy White 4-3 Duane Jones
Robert Milkins 0-4 Mark Davis
Andrew Higginson 4-3 Allan Taylor
Zhou Yuelong 4-0 Anthony Hamilton
Martin Gould 4-2 Reanne Evans

Manasawain Phetmalaikuk 4-2 Ben Woollaston
Stuart Bingham 4-0 Michael White
Aaron Hill 4-1 Ken Doherty
Jack Lisowski 4-0 Mohamed Ibrahim
Julien Leclercq 4-0 Baipat Siripaporn
Si Jiahui 4-3 Tian Pengfei
Zhang Anda 4-2 Andy Hicks
Judd Trump 4-0 Sydney Wilson

Liam Graham w/o Ronnie O’Sullivan
Ben Mertens 4-0 Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Sanderson Lam 4-3 Fan Zhengyi
Cao Yupeng 4-2 David Lilley
Barry Hawkins 3-4 Pang Junxu
Xu Si 4-0 Mink Nutcharut
Anthony McGill 4-0 Ryan Thomerson
Oliver Strains 4-0 John Astley

Lukas Kleckers 4-1 Stuart Carrington
Noppon Saengkham 4-0 Rebecca Kenna
Jack Borwick 1-4 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Ali Carter 4-3 Lengthy Zehuang
Alfie Burden 4-1 Ian Burns
Matthew Selt 4-1 Dylan Emery
Matthew Stevens 4-0 Victory Sarkis
Mark Selby 4-2 Sean O’Sullivan

Shaun Murphy 1-4 Liu Hongyu
Zak Surety 4-1 Liam Pullen
Lyu Haotian 4-2 Joe Perry
Jackson Web page 4-1 Himanshu Jain
John Higgins 4-0 Oliver Brown
He Guoqiang 4-0 Peng Yisong
Ricky Walden 4-3 Hammad Miah
Alexander Ursenbacher 4-0 Wu Yize

Liam Highfield 4-0 Dean Younger
Tom Ford 4-1 Louis Heathcote
Jenson Kendrick 4-2 Anton Kazakov
Ding Junhui 4-0 David Grace
Martin O’Donnell 4-2 Andrew Pagett
Jamie Clarke 4-2 Xiao Guodong
James Cahill 4-3 Stan Moody
Luca Brecel 4-0 Iulian Boiko

Spherical of 64 (bo7)

Matches to be performed on Tuesday, Dec 12 and Wednesday, Dec 13

Gary Wilson vs Xing Zihao
Joe O’Connor vs Scott Donaldson
Daniel Wells vs Rory Thor
Ryan Day 3-4 Ashley Carty
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Chris Wakelin
Yuan Sijun vs Sam Craigie
Robbie Williams vs David Gilbert
Jordan Brown vs Kyren Wilson

Jamie Jones vs Dominic Dale
Jimmy Robertson 3-4 Jimmy White
Mark Davis vs Andrew Higginson
Zhou Yuelong w/o Martin Gould
Manasawin Phetmalaikul vs Stuart Bingham
Aaron Hill 4-1 Jack Lisowski
Julien Leclercq vs Si Jiahui
Zhang Anda 4-2 Judd Trump

Liam Graham 4-2 Ben Mertens
Sanderson Lam 4-1 Cao Yupeng
Pang Junxu 4-1 Xu Si
Anthony McGill 4-2 Oliver Strains
Lukas Kleckers 1-4 Noppon Saengkham
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 3-4 Ali Carter
Alfie Burden 1-4 Matthew Selt
Matthew Stevens 3-4 Mark Selby

Liu Hongyu 4-0 Zak Surety
Lyu Haotian 4-0 Jackson Web page
John Higgins 4-1 He Guoqiang
Ricky Walden 4-3 Alexander Ursenbacher
Liam Highfield 2-4 Tom Ford
Jenson Kendrick 1-4 Ding Junhui
Martin O’Donnell 4-2 Jamie Clarke
James Cahill 3-4 Luca Brecel

Spherical of 32 (bo7)

Matches to be performed on Wednesday, Dec 13 and Thursday, Dec 14

G. Wilson/Xing vs O’Connor/Donaldson
Wells/Thor vs Ashley Carty
Un-Nooh/Wakelin vs Yuan/Craigie
R. Williams/Gilbert vs J. Brown/Ok. Wilson

Jamie Jones/Dale vs Jimmy White
Davis/Higginson vs Zhou Yuelong
Phetmalaikul/Bingham vs Aaron Hill
Leclercq/Si vs Zhang Anda

Liam Graham vs Sanderson Lam
Pang Junxu vs Anthony McGill
Noppon Saengkham vs Ali Carter
Matthew Selt vs Mark Selby

Liu Hongyu vs Lyu Haotian
John Higgins vs Ricky Walden
Tom Ford vs Ding Junhui
Martin O’Donnell vs Luca Brecel

Spherical of 16 (bo7)

Matches to be performed on Thursday, Dec 14

Quarter-Finals (bo9)

Matches to be performed on Friday, Dec 15

Semi-Finals (bo11)

Matches to be performed on Saturday, Dec 16

Ultimate (bo17)

Match to be performed on Sunday, Dec 17

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