Jimmy White v Martin O’Donnell live stream | Northern Ireland Open 2024 preview
Jimmy White looks to secure his maiden Last 16 appearance at a Home Nations event when he plays Martin O’Donnell in the Northern Ireland Open on Wednesday.
The Whirlwind has equalled his best performance in the Series since it began in 2016 by reaching the last 32, but now looks to advance into uncharted territory at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast.
White came through deciding frames against Paul Deaville and Jackson Page during the qualifying rounds to book his place at the main venue, where he delighted the fans with a hard-earned 4-2 victory over Hossein Vafaei on Monday.
That gave the six-time Crucible finalist his seventh victory from 13 matches this season, more than triple the number of wins he recorded during the previous campaign.
He now looks to bring all his battling qualities to the table once more to give himself the best chance of progressing to the last 16 of a ranking event for the 115th time.
Although, history suggests that will be tricky against fellow left-hander O’Donnell, who has prevailed in four of their five previous meetings – including a 4-1 victory in round one of this tournament in 2018.
The Londoner went on to reach the Last 16 six years ago for what remains his best performance in the event.
However, O’Donnell knows what it takes to go deep in the Home Nations Series. Indeed, he reached his maiden ranking final at last season’s Welsh Open, where he was denied the title by Gary Wilson.
Like White, the world number 53 also came through a hard-fought opening match in Belfast. He was pegged back to 3-3 by reigning International Championship winner Zhang Anda from 3-0 up, but held his nerve in the decider to advance.
Either 2023 World champion Luca Brecel or former WST Classic finalist Pang Junxu awaits the winner of this clash in the Northern Ireland Open last 16.
The match gets under way at 1pm BST on Wednesday and will be contested over the best of seven frames at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast.
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