China's Ding Junhui has reached the last the 16 at the Welsh Open in Cardiff on Wednesday.
Ding had to fend off England's Matthew Selt with a top break of 126 in the opening frame.
After breaking, Ding took the early lead of 3-1, but Selt would come back strong leveling the game at 3-3.
In the end, it would be Ding who would win the match with a deciding frame of 68-20.
With this win, the Chinese athlete will move on to play Belgian rising star, Luca Brecel.
A lot is on the line for Ding, who is hoping to receive his first ranking title in two years.
Other Chinese players in the tournament had mixed fortunes.
Liang Wenbo lost his match against Michael White.
But Yu Delu was able to advance to the next round after beating Thailand's Dechawat Poomjaeng 4-3.