Jimmy White tumbles out in qualifiers as Jackson Page hits back to book place in Scottish Open

Jimmy 'Whirlwind' White suffered a 4-1 defeat to world No. 42 Jackson Page in the second round of qualifying for the Scottish Open in Sheffield on Wednesday, but there was a win for Scotland's former world champion Graeme Dott, who will be in Edinburgh when the last-64 stage begins at Meadowbank Sports Centre (December 9-15) live on Eurosport and discovery+.

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Jimmy White won the first frame but lost the next four to tumble out of the Scottish Open at the second qualifying stage in a 4-1 loss to Jackson Page in Sheffield on Wednesday afternoon.

The former UK and Masters champion, who opened with a 4-1 win over Hatem Yassen on Tuesday, was looking to emulate his 4-3 victory over Page at the same stage of the Northern Ireland Open qualifiers in September, but could not build on a promising start at Ponds Forge.

Page advances to a last-64 meeting with Robert Milkins at Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh when the final stage of the Home Nations ranking event begins on December 9 and runs until December 15.

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Meanwhile, there was disappointment for Elliot Slessor, who lost 4-1 to Farakh Ajaib a week after his run to the semi-finals of the Northern Ireland Open.

But Scotland's 2006 world champion Graeme Dott set up a meeting with Ali Carter in his tournament opener in Edinburgh after completing a 4-2 win against Jiang Jun.

Elsewhere, former world finalist Matthew Stevens lost 4-1 to Ma Hailong, who compiled 89, 66 and 79 to secure an encounter with Si Jiahui in Edinburgh.

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Scottish Open latest results

Second qualifying round

Ian Burns 4-2 Martin O'Donnell
Graeme Dott 4-2 Jiang Jun
Xing Zihao 4-1 Anthony Hamilton
Jackson Page 4-1 Jimmy White
Yuan Sijun 4-2 Bulcsu Revesz
Stan Moody 4-2 Tian Pengfei
Daniel Wells 4-0 Rory Thor
Robbie Williams 4-2 Zak Surety
Ma Hailong 4-1 Matthew Stevens
Farakh Ajaib 4-1 Elliot Slessor
Jamie Jones 4-3 Oliver Lines
Matthew Selt 4-0 Cheung Ka Wai
Jordan Brown 4-2 Mostafa Dorgham
David Lilley 4-1 Haris Tahir
Lei Peifan 4-1 Dominic Dale
Alexander Ursenbacher 4-3 Ben Woollaston
David Grace 4-1 Ashley Carty

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