Former world champion Stuart Bingham secures his place at the 2024 event, while Jack Lisowski and Stephen Maguire also advance.
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Bingham, the 2015 winner, has slipped to 29th in the world rankings and had to fight back from 7-6 and 8-7 behind."I'm astounded actually," said Wales' Dale. "I didn't feel nervous but it had been so long since I played a match of this magnitude. Fellow Englishman Heathcote, ranked 100th in the world, was aiming to reach the Crucible for the first time and made breaks of 125 and 126, but missed a vital pink that would have put him 9-7 ahead."Somehow I got my game together and produced some good snooker, so that gives me great confidence. I'll be a danger for anyone.
"Hopefully I can try to take some inspiration from that and 'do a Luca' because I enjoyed watching him so much."
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