Mixed fortunes for Yorkshire duo David Grace and Ashley Carty in Northern Ireland Open

The Leeds potter fought back from 3-2 behind to beat Sam Craigie 4-3 and move into the last 32, one month after coming from 3-0 behind to topple Andy Hicks by the same score at the English Open.

World No 67 Grace hit breaks of 86 and 78 to book a date with Michael White and the 35-year-old said: “I’ve kind of made a career out of it.

“But I’m trying to go down the other route and trying to win with a bit to spare and save a bit of energy for later in the tournament.

“If it goes like that you’ve just got to dig in and try and get the win. I’m just relieved to get over the line.”

Rotherham’s Ashley Carty has got Judd Trump’s 147 break-building heroics in his sights after losing his second-round match.

The world No 113 went down 4-1 against Hicks before world No 1 Trump struck the fifth maximum of his career against Gao Yang.

Carty made a career-best Tour break of 141 and the 25-year-old said: “It was one of my goals for the season to make a 140-plus break, so to do it quite early on is a really good achievement.

“That [147] would be a dream come true if that ever happened, especially in front of a big audience in an arena.”

The Northern Ireland Open was moved from Belfast to Milton Keynes because of coronavirus restrictions.

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