JIMMY WHITE suffered a nail-biting defeat within the British Seniors Open ultimate – and reacted by handing Joe Perry his bow tie.
The Whirlwind, 63, had already overcome Ken Doherty and Alfie Burden to maintain his hopes of successful silverware alive.
However he was condemned to a dramatic 7-5 loss by Perry, who solely retired after exiting the World Championship earlier this yr.
And White bizarrely gave the newly-crowned champion his bow tie after they shook arms.
Perry may then be seen placing it in his pocket earlier than waving to the cheering crowd at Derby’s Vaillant Reside.
Footage confirmed that White had already taken his bow tie off midway by way of the body, after resigning himself to defeat.
The Tooting potter then walked out of the world straight after receiving his runner-up medal – that means he missed the trophy presentation.
Perry bagged £20,000 after popping out on prime within the ultimate and ending any fears of the showdown going to a black ball shootout.
He knocked out pre-tournament favorite Stuart Bingham and Matthew Stevens forward of his assembly with White.
Channel 5 left viewers livid when they lower the feed to the ultimate in favour of displaying NFL Large Recreation Evening.
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Construct-up to a Florida derby between the Miami Dolphins and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers swiftly got here on at 6pm.
Snooker followers had been disgruntled after being advised to change over to Channel 5 Motion to see what proved to be the ultimate body of the competition.
White received the British Open on the previous Meeting Rooms venue in 1987 and 1992.
And he took to social media moments earlier than strolling out to face Perry to say he was happy to be again in Derby.
However White couldn’t get the higher of Perry and determined to depart him a parting present.
