Snooker star Scott Donaldson broke down in tears after he paid tribute to his dad in a postgame interview.
The 31-year-old was 5-0 down to Stuart Bingham in the UK Snooker Championship qualifying before making a remarkable turnaround.
He dedicated his victory to his late father, who died a month ago.
The youngster has now qualified for the main event at the Barbican Centre, York, which starts over the weekend.
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In an extremely emotional interview, he said: "It’s my dad. He died last month.
"I lost my dad five hours after I qualified for the national championship. There’s just no way I’m winning that match normally.
"I can’t believe it, honestly. Yeah, I don’t know what to say.
"Just, it was my dad."
Bingham, the 2015 World Champion, dominated the early frames, with breaks of 71 and 117.
Donaldson's extraordinary comeback saw him with the final six frames with breaks of 56, 64, 110, 51, 91, and 64 to seal the 6-5 victory.
The Australian told reporters at the event: "My dad loved watching me play.
"In my mind, he’s still there watching me play. I just don’t know where he is right now."
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Snooker star Scott Donaldson paid tribute to his dad in a postgame interview
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He added: "I just got so much good luck at the end, which was very unusual, and I think dad was doing something.”
"We always used to travel to York together for the UK Championship so that’s going to be tough.
"He was actually meant to come to Belfast with me a month ago [for the Northern Ireland Open] and he passed a couple of weeks before."
"I don’t know how I managed to get three frames off Wu Yize."
Stuart Bingham, the 2015 World Champion, dominated the early frames, with breaks of 71 and 117
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On how he turned the match around, Donaldson said: "The run of the ball I had in the last three fames, it was incredible.
"Stuart must be sick, he had chances.
"At the very end when I potted match ball, I thought ‘what is going on here?’
"This game is stupid, you can go from feeling nothing, then at the end felt I could pot anything on the table."
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