jimmy white's bid to play in the world snooker championship for the first time since 2006 ended on monday as he crashed to defeat by matthew selt white had defeated james wattana in his qualifying opener on saturday and needed two more wins to to reach the main event at the crucible but it wasn't to be for 'the whirlwind' as he lost 10 8 to world no 30 selt in a tense battle on monday night jimmy white's bid to qualify for this year's world snooker championship at the crucible ended on monday  matthew selt fought back from 7 2 down to beat white 10 8 in qualifying in sheffield  white, the 52 year old who lost all six world championship finals he played, had looked good for the win after taking a 7 2 lead after the opening session in the morning but selt came storming back in the evening session and reeled off eight off the next nine frames to go through to wednesday's final qualifiers six time world champions steve davis, 57, was also knocked out as he slumped to a 10 1 defeat by kurt maflin six time world champion steve davis suffered a heavy defeat by kurt maflin in his qualifier 
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jimmy white lost 10 8 to matthew selt in world championship qualifying  the whirlwind had been up 7 2 after the morning session  but selt reeled off eight off the evening's nine frames to go through  six time world champion steve davis lost 10 1 to kurt maflin 