Matthew Stevens fired two centuries as he booked a place in his home tournament by beating Louis Heathcote 4-3 in the qualifying round of the BetVictor Welsh Open.
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Former UK and Masters champion Stevens, from Carmarthen, goes through to the final stages, to run from February 12 to 18 in Llandudno.
Heathcote started strongly with breaks of 72 and 85 to win the first two frames, then Stevens came from 60-0 down to take the third with a 71 clearance, before making 137 and 120 to go 3-2 ahead. Frame six went Heathcote's way but Stevens got the better of the decider with a top run of 41.
Crucible semi-finalist Si Jiahui saw off six-time ranking event winner Stephen Maguire 4-1 with top breaks of 85, 71, 53 and 67. Neath's Daniel Wells beat Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-2 with a top run of 66. BetVictor Scottish Open champion Gary Wilson scored a 4-1 success against Mark Davis, while Ross Muir earned a 4-2 victory over Stephen Hendry.
Graeme Dott came from 2-0 down to edge out Pang Junxu 4-3, winning a tight deciding frame by potting brown, blue and pink. Hossein Vafaei top scored with 91 in a 4-1 win over Scott Donaldson.
It was a good day for the Belgian youngsters as Julien Leclercq made a break of 74 in the deciding frame to beat Alfie Burden 4-3, while Ben Mertens top scored with 86 in a 4-0 whitewash of Hammad Miah.
The qualifying round in Barnsley runs until Saturday.