Stuart Bingham and Marco Fu were among the players who qualified for the venue stages of the British Open on Friday.
Bingham squandered a 3-0 lead against He Guoqiang – last season’s Rookie of the Year – but eventually came through in a deciding frame.
Fu compiled a high break of 88 as he overcame amateur top-up Joshua Thomand at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester.
The two experienced competitors, who boast nine ranking titles between them, will be involved when the random draw for the round of 64 is conducted.
There was an interesting set of results elsewhere as several lower-ranked players advanced in the competition.
Lim Kok Leong secured his maiden victory as a professional player on the World Snooker Tour courtesy of a 4-1 defeat of Anthony Hamilton.
The Asia & Oceania Q School graduate from Malaysia, aged 29, compiled breaks of 51 and 50 to see off the veteran former German Masters champion.
Fellow new pro Antoni Kowalski also emerged with a spot at the venue stages in Cheltenham next month after beating Daniel Wells 4-1.
Amateur Anton Kazakov made the most of his call-up to replace Martin Gould, beating struggling American Ahmed Aly Elsayed.
Teenager Stan Moody backed up his recent victory over Matthew Stevens in the Wuhan Open qualifiers with another fine result.
On this occasion, the 17 year-old outplayed former ranking event runner-up Joe O’Connor with runs of 100, 79, and 52.
Sunny Akani’s successful return to the pro scene also continued with a routine 4-0 bagel of Daniel Womersley.
The latter needed all seven frames to beat Andrew Higginson, while Ben Woollaston edged Matthew Selt by the same narrow margin.
Chinese duo Xiao Guodong and Yuan Sijun were the other two cuiests to advance on what was the penultimate day of action in Leicester.
Saturday will see the remaining matches take place, with David Gilbert and Anthony McGill among those entering the fray.
There is also an intriguing tie between Graeme Dott and Matthew Stevens to look forward to.
The main stages of the British Open run from September 23-29 at the Centaur in Cheltenham.
2024 British Open qualifying draw and schedule
Round of 128 (bo7)
Wednesday, July 31
Si Jiahui 4-2 David Lilley
Alexander Ursenbacher 1-4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Ishpreet Singh Chadha 1-4 Jamie Clarke
Iulian Boiko 4-2 Farakh Ajaib
Artiemijs Zizins 3-4 Allan Taylor
Mink Nutcharut 1-4 Liam Graham
Robbie McGuigan 0-4 Mark Davis
David Grace 4-2 Jack Lisowski
Ma Hailong 4-2 Jimmy Robertson
Noppon Saengkham 4-3 Joe Perry
Martin O’Donnell 4-1 Mitchell Mann
Michael Holt 4-0 Reanne Evans
Thursday, August 1
Xu Si 4-2 Ken Doherty
Fan Zhengyi 2-4 Zhou Yuelong
Ricky Walden 4-3 Liu Hongyu
Andrew Pagett 1-4 Neil Robertson
Xing Zihao 3-4 Mark Joyce
Jimmy White 0-4 Chris Totten
Mostafa Dorgham 1-4 Hossein Vafaei
Chris Wakelin 4-0 Haydon Pinhey
Amir Sarkhosh 3-4 Ashley Carty
Jiang Jun 1-4 Stephen Maguire
Duane Jones 4-2 Dominic Dale
Ahmed Elsayed 2-4 Anton Kazakov
Friday, August 2
Xiao Guodong 4-2 Huang Jiahao
Kok Leong Lim 4-1 Anthony Hamilton
Stuart Bingham 4-3 He Guoqiang
Joe O’Connor 2-4 Stan Moody
Jamie Jones 2-4 Yuan Sijun
Wang Yuchen 2-4 Hammad Miah
Joshua Thomand 1-4 Marco Fu
Liam Pullen 0-4 Long Zehuang
Alfie Burden 4-3 Andrew Higginson
Antoni Kowalski 4-1 Daniel Wells
Matthew Selt 3-4 Ben Woollaston
Sunny Akani 4-0 Daniel Womersely
Saturday, August 3
10am UTC+1
Simon Blackwell vs Bai Yulu
Cheung Ka Wai vs Kreishh Gurbaxani
Oliver Lines vs Lei Peifan
1pm UTC+1
Baipat Siripaporn vs Wu Yize
Lyu Haotian vs Anthony McGill
Scott Donaldson vs Tian Pengfei
4pm UTC+1
Graeme Dott vs Matthew Stevens
David Gilbert vs Dylan Emery
Dean Young vs Haris Tahir
7pm UTC+1
Zak Surety vs Ben Mertens
Joshua Cooper vs Elliot Slessor
Jackson Page vs Robbie Williams
Heldover Matches
Monday, September 23
Schedule TBC
Mark Williams vs Rory Thor
John Higgins vs Ross Muir
Ali Carter vs Révész Bulcsú
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Mark Selby vs Pang Junxu
Tom Ford vs Gong Chenzhi
Ryan Day vs Louis Heathcote
Judd Trump vs Robert Milkins
Mark Allen vs Gary Wilson
Zhang Anda vs Jordan Brown
Jak Jones vs Sanderson Lam
Luca Brecel vs Mohammed Shehab
Ding Junhui vs Aaron Hill
Barry Hawkins vs Liam Davies
Shaun Murphy vs Ian Burns
Kyren Wilson vs Julien Leclercq
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