John Higgins came through a tough battle against Wang Yuchen in the qualifying round of the World Open, making a vital deciding frame clearance to score a 5-4 victory and book his place in the final stages.
World number 14 Higgins was pushed all the way by a player ranked 95 places lower, but eventually got over the line and will be in Yushan, China in February for the world ranking event. Breaks of 66, 80, 54 and 50 helped Higgins build a 4-2 lead, before Wang recovered to 4-4. The underdog led 48-0 in the decider only for Higgins to make an excellent 76.
Newly crowned BetVictor Scottish Open champion Lei Peifan enjoyed a tremendous fight-back as he recovered a 4-0 deficit to beat Anthony Hamilton 5-4 with a top run of 79. India's Ishpreet Singh Chadha came from 3-1 down to beat Dominic Dale 5-4 with a top break of 100.
Poland's Antoni Kowalski continued his fine recent form with a 5-1 thrashing of Paul Deaville. Crucible runner-up Jak Jones compiled runs of 107 and 102 in a 5-0 whitewash of Allan Taylor.
The qualifying round concludes on Sunday.