Wasley defeated 2002 Crucible kingpin Ebdon 5-3 at Sheffield's World Snooker Academy to advance to the ranking event, where he will meet either another former world champ in Neil Robertson or world number 88 Daniel Wells.
Results:
Michael Holt 5-1 Tian Pengfei
Peter Ebdon 3-5 Michael Wasley
Andrew Higginson 5-4 Zhang Anda
Stuart Bingham 5-1 Rod Lawler
Graeme Dott 5-3 Liang Wenbo
Barry Hawkins 5-0 Sam Baird
Ryan Day 4-5 Dave Harold
Robert Milkins 5-4 Chen Zhe
Ken Doherty 5-4 Adam Duffy
Marco Fu 5-4 Matthew Selt
Ricky Walden 5-3 Alfie Burden
Matthew Stevens 5-3 Pankaj Advani
Tom Ford 1-5 Kurt Maflin
Jamie Burnett 5-4 Mark Joyce
Mark King 5-3 Barry Pinches
Fergal O'Brien 2-5 Dechewat Poomjaeng
Barry Hawkins 5-0 Sam Baird
Marcus Campbell 5-3 Jamie Jones
Joe Perry 5-0 Simon Bedford
