Jimmy ‘Whirlwind’ White booked his spot at the Scottish Open with a battling 4-3 win over former German Masters semi-finalist Duane Jones.
The six-time world finalist trailed 3-1 in the opening qualifying round but won the final three frames to book his spot in the last 64.
White rolled in a 61 break in the sixth frame, after his Welsh opponent had earlier produced knocks of 56 and 77.
The Scottish Open is the third event of the Home Nation Series and will be played between December 11-17, live on Eurosport and discovery+.
Wakelin compiled breaks of 71, 66, 67 and 71, with Joyce running in 73 and 68.
In a high-quality contest, Gilbert produced breaks of 54, 115 and 60 with Jones forcing the decider with knocks of 125, 76 and 106.
There also a 4-1 win for Aaron Hill against 1997 world champion Ken Doherty in an all-Irish encounter as Hill reeled off four frames in a row to reach the last 64.
Stuart Bingham, the 2015 world champion, also advanced to the finals venue in Edinburgh after completing a 4-0 whitewash win against Michael White.
World No. 1 Ronnie O’Sullivan was handed a tournament opener against Glaswegian Liam Graham.
World champion Luca Brecel, winner of the 2021 event, takes on Iulian Boiko of Ukraine with English Open, Wuhan Open and Northern Ireland Open champion Judd Trump up against Sydney Wilson to start.
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Latest Scottish Open results
- Aaron Hill 4-1 Ken Doherty
- Jackson Page 4-1 Himanshu Jain
- David Gilbert 4-3 Jak Jones
- Jimmy White 4-3 Duane Jones
- Zak Surety 4-1 Liam Pullen
- Chris Wakelin 4-2 Mark Joyce
- M Phetmalaikul 4-2 Ben Woollaston
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-2 Ma Hailong
- Xu Si 4 -0 Mink Nutcharut
- Martin O’Donnell 4-2 Andrew Pagett
- Stuart Bingham 4-0 Michael White
