 Complete the following phrase:  He continued his solid form by reaching the quarter-finals at the Welsh Open, where he qualified by defeating Anthony Hamilton 42. He whitewashed number 5 seed Shaun Murphy 40 in the last 32, and in the last 16 he beat fellow Welshman and close friend Ryan Day 43. Stevens was drawn against John Higgins in the quarter-finals, but was edged out 35. Despite these performances, he was still not ranked in the top 16, so did not automatically qualify for the 