There was a controversial moment in the game between Jimmy White and Hossein Vafaei.
Snooker fans have been left baffled after Hossein Vafaei was penalised for a 'never seen before' foul against Jimmy White in the Northern Ireland Open.But the encounter included one of the most controversial moments in recentVafaei had a foul given against him as despite having the white ball in hand, the referee felt that it had been placed ever so slightly outside the D.
"It's on the player, that's the first thing to say. The player is responsible for putting the cue ball in the D properly," McManus stated."He is using both lines, the baulk line and the D-line; it must be inside both. This isn't football we're playing here; it's totally different. The cue ball can't be touching the line. So although it's touching it, it's more out than in and that's basically what the referee has to look at.
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