ALAN McManus will have to draw on his many years of experience to reach the World Snooker Championship second round after falling behind against Ali Carter in Sheffield.

The 44-year-old Glaswegian is nine years older than his English opponent and trails 6-3 ahead of Tuesday afternoon's resumption.

It is Carter's first World Championship since being given the all-clear from lung cancer and he received a rousing reception upon entering the arena.

That seemed to inspire the Essex cueman as he notched an impressive 127 break in the opening frame to take a 1-0 lead although McManus made a run of 66 to level things up.

The pair then split frames three and four, both of which lasted over half an hour, to head into the mid-session interval all-square at 2-2.

McManus is not short of World Championship pedigree, having been a semi-finalist on two occasions - although the last of those was in 1993.

But he will need to come from behind when they play to a finish at 2:30pm on Tuesday after Carter reeled off three frames in a row following the interval to make it 5-2.

McManus, resplendent in all tartan, held his nerve in the eighth with a knock of 52 to narrow the deficit but the Englishman's 63 meant the session ended 6-3.

If the Scot can earn a place in the second round, where 2010 world champion Neil Robertson lies in wait, he will join three of his fellow countryman.

They are Graeme Dott, John Higgins and Anthony McGill ¬- with the latter holding off a Stephen Maguire comeback to triumph 10-9 on Sunday evening.

McGill will now face defending champion Mark Selby in round two starting on Thursday and while it is undoubtedly a tough draw for the Crucible debutant, he insists it is a tie he is relishing.

"I was hoping Mark would win because I thought if I got through then I'll get a match against the defending champion, best-of-25 at the Crucible and I can't wait," explained McGill.

"No-one will be expecting anything of me so the pressure will be off. I can go out and enjoy it but the plan is to win - that's what I'll be aiming for."

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