Alan McManus won the meeting between the 40-somethings at the World Championship, beating Ken Doherty 13-8.

Glasgow’s McManus has advanced to the quarter-finals at the Crucible for the first time since 2005, when he beat Doherty before losing to Ian McCulloch. He is through to the last eight for just the fourth time in his career, having reached the semis in 1992 and 1993.

The 43-year-old’s battle against 44-year-old Doherty swung towards the Scot in the second session as he surged 10-3 ahead, and he was able to complete the job after a late rally from 1997 champion Doherty.

Former Masters winner McManus now meets Mark Selby in what is sure to be a match full of high-quality tactical play.

Doherty started the final session 10-5 behind, but won the first two frames to boost his hopes of a fightback.

McManus had lost four on the spin at that point but he stopped the rot with a break of 67 to go 11-7 up. He could have won the next as well from 43-0 down, but missed the final brown and Doherty potted brown, blue and pink to make it 11-8 at the interval.

McManus dominated the 20th frame, taking it in three scoring visits, then needed just one chance to finish the match, making a composed break of 83.

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