Gary Wilson reeled off five frames in succession to gain the upper hand against Ali Carter following the opening session of their World Championship quarter-final in Sheffield.
A total clearance of 135 had helped Carter race into a 3-0 lead and extended his streak of frames won to nine, the two-time Crucible runner-up having taken six in a row to beat Zhou Yuelong 13-9 on Monday.
However, Wilson stopped the rot with a break of 109 in the final frame before the mid-session interval and carried on where he left off after the break with contributions of 86, 134 and 55 to move 5-3 ahead.
You don't want to go 3-0 up on @Gary_Wilson11! 'The Tyneside Terror' produces breaks of 109, 86, 134 & 55 to establish a two-frame advantage at the end of the first session of his @Betfred World Championship quarter final with Ali Carter. 7pm resumption #ilovesnooker @Betfred pic.twitter.com/2Z0eoKlV7D — World Snooker (@WorldSnooker) April 30, 2019
The same quality was largely absent in the day's second quarter-final, with Kyren Wilson managing a highest break of just 46 in the first eight frames against David Gilbert.
Wilson, who had produced centuries in the last two frames to beat Barry Hawkins 13-11 in round two, somehow scrapped his way into a 4-3 lead before Gilbert, who had earlier made breaks of 68 and 60, saved the best until last with a 109 clearance to level at 4-4.
Both matches resume at 7pm on Tuesday before playing to a finish on Wednesday.
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