 Complete the following phrase:  After regaining his top-16 ranking in the 19992000 season White started 2000 by reaching the semi-finals of the Welsh Open, where he lost 56 to Stephen Lee, despite leading 41 at one point of the match. He then defeated Marco Fu and John Higgins to reach the quarter-finals of the Masters, and he followed this up with a run to the quarter-finals of the 