India's top player Aditya Mehta came from 8-6 down to beat Andrew Pagett 10-8 and reach the second qualifying round of the Betfred.com World Championship.
Welshman Pagett went all the way to the Crucible last year, but fell at the first hurdle this time as Mehta came good in the closing stages.
Pagett led 5-4 after the first session, making a break of 102 in frame three while Mehta knocked in a 103 in the ninth. Pagett extended his lead to 8-6, only for his opponent to win the last four frames with a top break of 69. Mehta now plays Xiao Guodong and needs three more wins to get to the Crucible. Former Crucible quarter-finalist Patrick Wallace was edged out 10-9 by China's Yu Delu in a seven hour 49 minute tussle. Wallace came from 7-4 down to lead 8-7 and 9-8, but Yu won the last two frames with 63 and 60. Daniel Wells beat two-time Crucible semi-finalist Joe Swail 10-5 in a match between two players who have struggled for form all season. Wells, who came within a frame of qualifying for the Crucible in 2009 but lost 10-9 to Barry Hawkins in the final round, went 7-1 up on Swail with top breaks of 55 and 52 and was able to nurse his lead through the second session. China's Li Yan continued his impressive debut season with a 10-4 defeat of Paul Davison, his top breaks 51 and 61. Stoke's Liam Highfield made a 101 in beating Matthew Couch 10-5, while Adam Wicheard saw off Tian Pengfei by the same scoreline with a best effort of 87.
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