By Phil Harlow BBC Sport at the Crucible

White took inspiration from Tony Soprano for his comeback Tabb makes her mark

Jimmy White revealed the secret behind the overnight transformation in his form after he recovered to defeat James Wattana.

After trailing 6-3 overnight, White reeled off seven frames in succession to demolish Wattana's hopes and looked a completely different player.

It seems that White was inspired by watching gangster show The Sopranos, one of his favourite programmes.

"I just wanted to sit down and chill out and get away from snooker," he said. "So I sat down and watched an episode of The Sopranos with my friends.

"I haven't even seen Ronnie's [O'Sullivan] 147 yet."

And White's beaming smile at the end of the match may have also been thanks to a couple of wagers he and his father put on overnight.

"We put a few quid on ourselves to make it interesting," he said. "We put �1500 at 9/4 on me to win and �100 at 33/1 to win 10-6."

Which makes a tidy profit of �6,675. Not bad for a morning's work.

Once again Ronnie O'Sullivan was the biggest story of the day, but it was his shock first-round defeat to Marco Fu providing the talking point rather than his sublime 147 maximum break.

Most players would think O'Sullivan's ambitions were bonkers

But O'Sullivan proposed a new approach to his summer fitness regime with the news that he intends to compete in a triathlon during the close season.

"I'll probably do a triathlon this summer and I will complete it," he said. "I'm a strong person and I don't leave anything to chance.

"I don't set myself targets but I can picture myself doing a three-mile swim, a 10-mile run and 20-mile bike ride - why not?"

Surely the question most snooker players would ask would be: "Why?"

Matthew Stevens, many pundits' outside tip for the title, is safely through to the second round after a comfortable 10-3 win over Chris Small on Wednesday.

And with his next match not starting until Sunday, the eighth seed decided to return back to his home in Carmarthen and turn out for his snooker club in a top-of-the-table clash in their local league.

But Stevens' commendable loyalty was not exactly rewarded as he lost his match and his team were thumped 7-0!

Crucible debutant Ali Carter managed not to lose his sense of humour despite being subjected to a nightmare 8-1 first-session thrashing at the hands of Paul Hunter.

After snatching the final frame of the session on the pink to avoid a whitewash, Carter clutched his cue over his head in an impression of Dennis Taylor's legendary celebration at the end of his epic 1985 final against Steve Davis.