Ken Doherty lost 10-5 to Marco Fu in the second round of the World Championship, surrendering a 6-5 lead.
The Irish veteran took a 2-0 lead against the fellow stalwart Who and led 36-4 before missing a long red to set up a period of safety play.
While the Fu rejoined the fray at 37-23, Doherty landed a difficult red giving him a chance to end the frame with only color left, but both players struggled with long pots.
However, Foo retreated to take one last chance to pot the last black and halve the deficit.
The Who looked on track for a decent early break before confessing a foul on white, but Doherty led 40-9. He follows a successful red, misses a blue, takes a break, and Fu returns to the table.
The Hong Kong players looked to clear the remaining balls and sunk a deft blue into the bottom left before scoring the equalizer before the interval.
The two continued to fight after the restart, with Doherty in favor 51-50, with one red and all colors remaining on the table.
A nice double by Brown, he mathematically should have cleared Blue, but he played safety and left Blue tight on the right cushion.
After Doherty missed another double, Foo potted the blue and hit a very tough black to the left-center field while chasing a two-point lead and made a great shot to take the lead.
Doherty battled back through several bad contacts to end his losing streak and improve to 3-3.
Doherty then benefited from a fluke of snookering the Fu to go up 4-3 overall, allowing his rival to reverse by missing the black on the Fu, only to be sent off for a terrible mistake on the brown. , then it was settled. The session was coming to an end at 4-4.
The final frame threatened to be terrible as Doherty took the table at 16-11, but the reds were spread out on various cushions and the browns hit the greens perfectly on the right.
Doherty struggled and added just one more point as the Who built a 35-17 advantage before facing the Reds with three games to go, they had to play it safe and Doherty came back for a long Red. He sank the ball, closing in on the lead by a few points.
As befits such a close match, Doherty had three colors left when he came to the table 40-32 behind. He potted the blue to the top left and guided the pink to the bottom left before giving his customary black a 5-4 lead ahead of the evening session.
Both players won one frame each after the restart, before Fu won the final five frames, including a clear 136 for the 14th, to seal the victory.
Fu will face Hossein Bafai in the third qualifying round.
An experienced Scotsman, graham dot overcame Mostafa Dougum After holding a 5-4 lead in the second session, he won 10-5 in qualifying.
Three half-century breaks gave the Dots a slight lead, but they did not hold it till the end.
Dot’s break of 62 in the first frame took the lead, but Dougam scored 71 to tie the score at 1-1. The Egyptian shot 59 in the sixth frame to make it 3-3 straight, but Dot bookended Dogham’s frame with breaks of 77 and 55, giving him a frame advantage going into the night.
The dots won five of the remaining six frames and finished successfully thanks to clears of 125 and 104 in the 14th and 15th frames.
The Scottish player will face Welshman Jackson Page in the third qualifying round.
Elsewhere in the opening rounds, Julien Leclerc won 10-3 against an amateur opponent. Haydon Pinayand Fan Zhenyi 8-9 lead over fellow Chinese rival Jean Jun.
One-time semi-finalist Andy Hicks beat long zephyr After a commanding 8-1 lead in the first session, they won 10-2. dylan emery lost 8-10 to Oliver Brown, Martin O’Donnell 6-7 difference Ma Hailongand aaron hill Defeat Daniel Women’s three 10-3.