 Complete the following phrase:  At the Welsh Open, Woollaston eliminated Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon, Mark Davis, Mark Allen and Ali Carter. He then won four consecutive frames in beating Gary Wilson 52 to face home favourite Mark Williams in the semi-finals. Woollaston led 53 and missed multiple chances to wrap up the match in the next two frames allowing Williams to send it into a decider. He made a match-winning 60 break to play John Higgins - who had been the favourite player for Woollaston growing up  in his first ranking event final. Higgins fluked a green that helped him edge the first session 53 which seemed to sway the whole match as he took all four frames played upon the resumption of play to win 93. Afterwards, Woollaston stated that he had never felt he belonged with the top players in the televised stages of ranking events until this week. Woollaston came back from 670 down in the deciding frame of his first round 