Ronnie O'Sullivan dismisses Jimmy White challenge

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his battle of the showmen with Jimmy White in Glasgow and then admitted his now-famous reluctance to complete a 147 break earlier in the week was all a big wind-up.

O'Sullivan dismissed maximum breaks as "quite easy" and admitted he had taken plenty of pleasure from the reaction to his behaviour on Monday, when he almost refused the final black in his clash with Mark King.

The 34-year-old today set up a last-16 clash with Stephen Hendry by beating White 3-1 at the 12bet.com World Open.

White, 48, missed a red when 57-0 ahead in the fourth, and O'Sullivan punished him with a match-clinching run of 80.

Referring to his controversial behaviour against King, O'Sullivan said he knew there was no highest break prize in and added: "I love leaving the black on 140. It's more of a buzz than making a maxi, because maxis are quite easy."