John Higgins plans to have a good night after almost suffering a very bad opening day at the Embassy World Championship in Sheffield.
Higgins could see his hopes of regaining his world title receding as Crucible first-timer Ryan Day stood on the verge of a famous win.
But instead of drowning his sorrows after a 10-7 defeat, Scotsman Higgins was delighted to celebrate a 10-9 victory.
Day, the world number 69, missed a straightforward pink in the 17th frame and never recovered, but the 1998 champion still had to double the final pink in a 30-minute deciding frame before completing his great escape.
Higgins, bidding to win his first title for more than two years, believes his 24-year-old Welsh rival will bounce back from this heartbreaking defeat.
But he admitted: "I felt like crying at the end, just because of the way things have been going this season.
"I have never felt pressure like that before even when I was winning tournaments. I must be getting old," added Higgins, just four years older than his Bridgend-based opponent.
"My head was in a jam jar at the end. However, funnily enough I just didn't think I was going to lose that match even when I was 9-7 down and with Ryan on a break.
Day was devastated by his last-gasp defeat. He compiled three centuries on a superb Sheffield debut, with a best of 128.
Meanwhile, Australian star Quinten Hann has tried to play down his row with Andy Hicks.
But Hann described his comments as something said in "the heat of the moment" in response to taunts from Hicks that he would finish outside of the world's top 16, a fate which would have significant impact on the Australian's earning power.
He told Radio Five Live: "It got a little bit out of hand. There is a little bit of needle involved when you're playing but when you beat someone yon never say anything to them, it's like kicking them when they are down."
World Snooker, the game's governing body, revealed that Hann would be reported for swearing at the end of the 11th frame.
He is also in hot water after being warned for swearing during this month's Players Championship in Glasgow.
"I'm not proud of it but it was just the heat of the moment," he added.
"I know we've both been reported and there might be a disciplinary hearing. I was never going to hit him but I just took offence to what he said."