Six-time World Championship finalist Jimmy White on a few of his best rivals.
Jimmy White had tales rivalries with a number of gamers (Picture: Getty)
Jimmy White revealed Steve Davis left him eager to whack him together with his cue in the course of the peak of their rivalry. The snooker legends met quite a few instances throughout their careers, most notably within the World Championship (1984) and UK Championship (1987) finals.
When it mattered most, Davis, the dominant participant of the 80s, usually got here out on prime, a lot to the frustration of White, who misplaced all six of his World Championship finals, together with 4 to the participant of the 90s, Stephen Hendry. But it was Davis reasonably than Hendry who acquired below the Whirlwind’s pores and skin probably the most, though he nonetheless had immense respect for the six-time world champion. Assessing the greats of the sport, together with shut pal Ronnie O’Sullivan, White on Ally McCoist on TNT Sport’s Snooker Breakdown final 12 months: “I feel with Davis, he had that smirk. You wished to hit him throughout the pinnacle with the cue. However he was so good.”
On Hendry and O’Sullivan, who’re tied on seven world titles every, he stated: “For me, Hendry had the mettle and dedication. Then Ronnie got here alongside, took a bit from all the nice gamers, and together with his pure expertise, he grew to become the ultra-winning machine.
“However you knew, when you had been enjoying Steve Davis, you had been going to be in a conflict. I had a rivalry with him that lasted for 5 – 6 years, and I feel it was fairly wholesome for the sport.”
Each males will likely be on the 2026 World Championship as pundits, Davis for the BBC and White for TNT Sports activities. White, 63, who stays on the World Snooker Tour, had been hoping to be there as a participant, solely to lose within the first spherical of qualifying to Gao Yang.
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