Six-time World Championship runner-up Jimmy White staged a powerful comeback to beat beginner Anton Kazakov 10-9 in an exciting contest that completed at 01:20 BST.
Englishman White, 62, has not certified for the event since 2006.
He punched the desk after forfeiting the third body for 3 misses.
Trailing 7-3 after dropping 5 successive frames, he then gained six in a row, which included a break of 126.
Ukraine’s Kazakov, 20, gained the following two to arrange a final-frame decider regardless of having solely two breaks of fifty or extra within the match.
White’s most up-to-date title was the Gamers Championship in 2004.
The World Championship begins on 19 April.
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