Glaswegian potter Alan McManus claimed a fine 10-8 win over Welshman Mark Williams, the two-time world champion, to qualify for the Crucible.

McManus beamed: "It's a good scalp, I was patchy but in the end probably I missed a few less balls than he did.

"It was a hard game, as these final qualifiers always are.

"It had been so long since I played at the Crucible before last year, and now it's like buses - two in two years and I am back there again.

"I just want to put on a decent performance there. I actually went to the Crucible yesterday and sat in the arena for five minutes.

"I thought about this match, and that hopefully I would be back here playing."

Meanwhile, Graeme Dott suffered agony last night as he failed to qualify for the World Championship, going down 10-7 to Englishman Kyren Wilson, the world No.90, in the final round of qualifying.