John Parrott: I may quit snooker after World Championship exit

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The 1991 world champion has steadily fallen down the rankings and is now certain to slip out of the top 64 for next season.

He lost 10-6 to Chinese teenager Anda Zhang at Sheffield's English Institute of Sport yesterday and would face a future away from the main tour if he opts to continue.

"If I'm off the tour, it's fairly certain that I'll retire. I certainly won't be playing any lower down", Parrott, 45, said in the Daily Mail.

"If I lose my card, that's me gone. I still have the utmost respect for the game. I've just lost in the World Championship and I'm not going to spit the dummy out. But I don't enjoy the hours of practice any more."

Jimmy White won through to the penultimate round of qualifying with a 10-8 victory over Scotland's Mark Boyle last night - a result which ended Parrott's chances of staying in the top 64 - and the six-time Crucible runner-up will today take on 1997 world champion Ken Doherty.