{"id":16760,"date":"2017-02-07T13:12:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T13:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=16760"},"modified":"2017-02-07T13:12:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T13:12:14","slug":"welsh-players-face-tough-tests-snookers-world-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/02\/07\/welsh-players-face-tough-tests-snookers-world-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh players face tough tests at snooker\u2019s World Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">THERE will be three snooker players from South Wales competing in the first round of the World Grand Prix in Preston today.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bridgend\u2019s Ryan Day, 36, will kick off the Welsh interest at 1pm, before Cwm\u2019s Mark Williams, 41, enters the fray at 3pm and Neath\u2019s Jamie Jones, 28, rounds off the action at 9pm.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An easy passage into the second round could hardly be a more distant prospect for the Welshmen &#8211; each faces an opponent ranked inside the world\u2019s top 10.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16761\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16761\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16761\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/AMcQ_WilliamsSnooker_07_02_17-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Williams, 41, from Cwm, takes on Joe Perry in the first round.\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/AMcQ_WilliamsSnooker_07_02_17-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/AMcQ_WilliamsSnooker_07_02_17-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/AMcQ_WilliamsSnooker_07_02_17-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/AMcQ_WilliamsSnooker_07_02_17-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/AMcQ_WilliamsSnooker_07_02_17-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/AMcQ_WilliamsSnooker_07_02_17.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16761\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/AMcQ_WilliamsSnooker_07_02_17-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Williams, 41, from Cwm, takes on Joe Perry in the first round.\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/AMcQ_WilliamsSnooker_07_02_17-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/AMcQ_WilliamsSnooker_07_02_17-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/AMcQ_WilliamsSnooker_07_02_17-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/AMcQ_WilliamsSnooker_07_02_17-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/AMcQ_WilliamsSnooker_07_02_17-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/AMcQ_WilliamsSnooker_07_02_17.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> Mark Williams, 41, from Cwm, takes on Joe Perry in the first round.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The greatest challenge is reserved for Ryan Day, ranked 24th in the world, whose quarter final showing at last week\u2019s German Masters was his best performance at a ranking event since the Shanghai Masters in September 2016.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Day\u2019s reward is an encounter with world number 2 Stuart Bingham, the 2015 world champion.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For two-time world champion Mark Williams, ranked 16th in the world, the roadblock is world number 10 Joe Perry.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Williams will have to be at his very best to come out on top against the Englishman, whose stunning form at the Masters two weeks ago saw him defeat Stuart Bingham in round one before seeing off Ding Junhui and Barry Hawkins to secure a place in the final.<\/span><br \/>\nHowever, there is some hope for Williams\u2019 fans.<br \/>\nThe Cwm man\u2019s performance in the first round of the Masters proved that he can still hack it with the big boys. World number 1 Mark Selby was mightily relieved to sneak a 6-5 victory against his veteran opponent.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the final session of the day, world number 34 Jamie Jones goes head-to-head with a resurgent Marco Fu, ranked 8th in the world.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jones will be seeking revenge for his narrow quarter-final defeat at the hands of Fu in the UK Championship two months ago.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, since that meeting, Fu has put in some of the best displays of his career and claimed his second ranking title at Glasgow\u2019s Scottish Open, beating four-time world champion John Higgins in the final.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If Jones is to progress, he must pass a stern test of his abilities.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The good news for Welsh fans is that, regardless of today\u2019s results, there will be at least one Welsh representative in the second round.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Neath\u2019s Michael White delivered an upset last night in knocking out world number 3 John Higgins. The 25-year-old, ranked 23rd in the world, secured a 4-3 victory against his Scottish opponent.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dominic Dale, 45, was also in action last night, but the Penarth potter bowed out to world number 14 Liang Wenbo. Dale, ranked 21 places below his Chinese opponent, suffered a painful 4-0 loss.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THERE will be three snooker players from South Wales competing in the first round of the World Grand Prix in Preston today. Bridgend\u2019s Ryan Day, 36, will kick off the Welsh interest at 1pm, before Cwm\u2019s Mark Williams, 41, enters the fray at 3pm and Neath\u2019s Jamie Jones, 28, rounds off the action at 9pm. 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