Maguire, the world quantity 28, will face England’s David Gilbert, ranked thirty first, within the final eight however felt he wanted to enhance to turn into world champion.
“I am nonetheless in it and I am not going to say I’ve received no likelihood, however I am one of many outsiders,” added Maguire, who as soon as climbed as excessive as second on the rankings record.
“Being life like, I nonetheless want to enhance. I do not assume I am ok. I’ve not performed good however received two good outcomes after I’ve performed higher and misplaced.”
Each matches within the afternoon session ended at 9-7.
Stuart Bingham, the 2015 champion, held the sting over Jack Lisowski, taking the final body on the pink ball to make sure he has the lead going into Monday’s closing session.
On the opposite desk, Northern Eire’s two-time semi-finalist Mark Allen has the benefit over John Higgins after recovering from 7-5 all the way down to win 4 frames on the bounce with breaks of 71, 94, 80 and 74.
Bingham and Allen each have to win 4 frames when their matches resume at 19:00 BST on Monday, whereas Lisowski and Higgins want six.
Kyren Wilson, the twelfth seed and Crucible finalist in 2020, swept to a 10-1 victory over 52-year-old Dominic Dale within the first spherical and gained agency management of his last-16 match with Joe O’Connor on Sunday.
World quantity 30 O’Connor defeated fellow Leicester participant and four-time world champion Mark Selby in a first-round shock, however he has all of it to do on Monday towards Wilson.
With a 10-6 lead, Wilson wants three extra frames to arrange a quarter-final with Allen or Higgins.