Snooker: White won't take it easy

Jimmy White has the utmost respect for John Higgins but there will be no quarter given when they clash in the last 16 of the £250,000 European Open at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Malta today.

Relieved after ending a 10-match losing sequence extending back to February, the Whirlwind believes he can get the better of his Scottish rival and take a step closer to his first world ranking event title since the 1992 UK Championship.