Snooker icon Jimmy White walked out of his Northern Ireland Open match leaving his opponent and the referee baffled.
The Whirlwind, 62, impressed in his first-round win over Hossein Vafaei.
And he had led Martin O’Donnell twice in the early stages of their second-round tie on Wednesday.
But in the fifth frame, with White and O’Donnell locked together at two frames each, the six-time world championship runner-up had enough.
O’Donnell had moved 44 points clear with 43 remaining on the table after White missed a simple red.
And the snooker legend was in a hurry to leave the auditorium as soon as his opponent moved clear of the points left on the table.
Rather than waiting for a potential O’Donnell miss and returning to try and force a snooker, White got out of his seat and walked out without any comment.
Here are all the results from the Northern Ireland Open today.
- Martin O’Donnell 0-4 Pang Junxu
- Stuart Bingham 3-4 Shaun Murphy
- Stan Moody 1-4 Kyren Wilson
- Mark Williams 4-2 Ma Hailong
- Oliver Lines 1-4 Neil Robertson
- Lei Peifan 1-4 Elliot Slessor
- Louis Heathcote 4-2 Tian Pengfei
- Judd Trump 4-1 Barry Hawkins
Judd Trump has put an end to Barry Hawkins at the Northern Ireland Open.
It was a comprehensive victory for Trump to wrap up today’s action.
- Judd Trump 4-1 Barry Hawkins