Shoot Out king Chris Wakelin recovered a 3-0 deficit to beat Andrew Pagett 4-3 in the qualifying round for the Cazoo British Open.
Wakelin looked sure to miss out on a place in Cheltenham after losing the first three frames, especially when he trailed 52-23 in the fourth. But he hit back to snatch that frame with a 40 clearance. Pagett had chances in each of the last three frames, but couldn’t take them as Wakelin battled to victory with a top break of 65.
Zhang Anda made breaks of 119 and 129 to take a 2-1 lead over Graeme Dott, but 2006 World Champion Dott eventually prevailed 4-3 thanks to a 71 in the decider. Women’s World Champion Baipat Siripaporn suffered a 4-1 reverse against Liu Hongyu.
Anthony Hamilton top scored with 86 in a 4-1 win over Aaron Hill, and he was one of three players over 50 to win on Wednesday as Andy Hicks saw off Andrew Higginson 4-1 and Rod Lawler beat Sam Craigie 4-2.