Nicolas Colsaerts kept the home flag flying as he progressed to the last 32 of the Belgian Knockout on Saturday morning at Rinkven International Golf Club.
After 36 holes of stroke play on days one and two, four Belgians remained in the 64-man field for the nine-hole stroke play knockout rounds but Colsaerts was the only one standing after round one.
The 2012 Ryder Cup star finished at three under after nine holes to beat Scot Richie Ramsay by one stroke, and will next face Italian Lorenzo Gagli - who went through via his seeding after finishing at two under alongside Frenchman Robin Sciot-Siegrist.
Tournament host Thomas Pieters saw his week come to an end after he lost by three shots to German Maximilian Kieffer, with Thomas Detry and Christopher Mivis also beaten.
Top seed Jorge Campillo continued his impressive week, beating England's Ryan Evans by two shots, and the Spaniard will next face South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout - a one-shot winner over South Korean Rak-hyun Cho.
The very first match of the day went to an extra hole, with Scot Stephen Gallacher making a birdie to get to two under and beat England's Sam Horsfield. He will next face another Englishman in Laurie Canter, who finished at two under and beat local favourite Detry by three strokes.
Another Scot, David Drysdale, finished at two under to beat South African Haydn Porteous by one-shot and he will next take on Australia's Dimitrios Papadatos, who recovered from an opening double-bogey to finish one over and beat England's Tom Lewis by one shot.
Dane Søren Kjeldsen was two under for his nine holes to beat Swede Jens Fahrbring by five shots, setting up an intriguing contest against Frenchman Mike Lorenzo-Vera - a two-shot victor over home hero Mivis.
Australian Adam Bland was in stunning form, making five birdies in his nine holes to beat countryman Nick Cullen by four shots and set up an all-Antipodean clash against Kiwi Josh Geary - a one-shot winner over Dane Anders Hansen.
A single birdie was enough to give Joachim B Hansen a one-shot win over NBO Oman Open champion Joost Luiten and he will next face fellow Dane Jeff Winther, who finished level at one over with Frenchman Romain Wattel but progressed having earned a seeding over days one and two.
Benjamin Hebert and James Morrison both finished at level par meaning seed Hebert progressed to set up an all-French clash against Thomas Linard, who beat German Marcel Schneider by one shot.
Chilean Nico Geyger was another man to go through via his seeding after finishing one under alongside England's Jordan Smith and he will next face Swede Robert Karlsson, who did need an extra hole to get to two over and beat Frenchman Grégory Havret.
Spaniard Adrian Otaegui will face Kieffer next after a two-shot win over South African Erik van Rooyen.
Second seed James Heath finished one under to beat Zimbabwean Scott Vincent by one shot and the Englishman will next face Spaniard Scott Fernandez, who birdied the second extra hole to beat England's Nathan Kimsey.
There were wins for Englishmen Matthew Baldiwn, Oliver Fisher, Richard McEvoy and Matthew Southgate and they will next face American David Lipsky, Austrian Matthias Schwab, South African Justin Walters and South Korea's Jinho Choi respectively, with Welshman Oliver Farr and Frenchman Victor Perez completing the last 32.
