{"id":26547,"date":"2018-03-01T16:53:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T16:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=26547"},"modified":"2018-03-01T16:53:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T16:53:06","slug":"stevens-ploughs-wales-williams-left-snowed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/01\/stevens-ploughs-wales-williams-left-snowed\/","title":{"rendered":"Stevens ploughs on for Wales after Williams left snowed under"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MATTHEW Stevens will be Wales\u2019 sole representative in the fourth round of the 2018 Welsh Open after world number 24, Martin Gould, beat Mark Williams with a classy<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0performance.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gould\u2019s breaks of 110, 52 and 72 and clever safety play, proved more than Williams could handle as he slipped out of contention and lost 4-2 this afternoon.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gould now faces world number eight Barry Hawkins in the fourth round tonight.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following his defeat Williams said: \u201cI thought it was a good match to be honest, I thought I played okay. I only missed a couple of half-tricky ones, nothing easy. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHe played well himself and sometimes you have to stand up and admit it was a good game and you\u2019re just at the wrong end of it.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s not frustrating, it\u2019s only frustrating when you\u2019re not playing very well. I don\u2019t mind losing like that, there\u2019s nothing I can do about it.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Williams also backed his fellow countryman to go further in the tournament.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYeah (Stevens) seems to be playing well,\u201d he said. \u201cHe must be playing okay to beat Stuart Bingham 4-1 and hopefully he can have a good run.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It would be nice to see him lift the title.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stevens booked his place in the fourth round earlier today by beating Bingham, the defending champion, in the morning session<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stevens started the game well with a break of 76 in the first frame before storming into a 3-0 lead.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bingham tried to come back after taking the fourth frame but another solid break of 79, in what proved to be the final frame sealed, the world number 55\u2019s spot in the fourth round.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stevens said: \u201cI\u2019m pleased to beat Stuart, obviously he\u2019s defending champion and he beat me here last year so it\u2019s a good win for me.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s always nice to try and do well in your own event which I haven\u2019t in the past. But I feel a lot more relaxed this year for some reason, I\u2019ve just gone there and I\u2019m just playing.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stevens now faces world number 26 Yan Bingtao in the fourth round.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MATTHEW Stevens will be Wales\u2019 sole representative in the fourth round of the 2018 Welsh Open after world number 24, Martin Gould, beat Mark Williams with a classy\u00a0performance. Gould\u2019s breaks of 110, 52 and 72 and clever safety play, proved more than Williams could handle as he slipped out of contention and lost 4-2 this afternoon. Gould now faces world number eight Barry Hawkins in the fourth round tonight. 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