The Welsh fifth seed is into the last 16 after a tense 4-3 win over Niels Zonneveld .

Defending champion Luke Littler is underway in his third round match later this morning.

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28 Dec: History for Sparks batter Laura Harris during her side's six-wicket victory over the Canterbury Magicians in their women's T20 Super Smash match in Alexandra

23 Dec: State Highway 8 between Lindis Pass and Omarama is still closed, after a crash more than four hours ago

22 Dec: Southland Police have arrested eight people and seized drugs, firearms and cash during a series of search warrants last week

22 Dec: One person's died after a car hit a power pole north of Timaru this morning.

19 Dec: Police are urging anyone with information to come forward, following suspected arson at Invercargill's Queens Park around two weeks ago

18 Dec: Southland Police say those responsible for shooting two people in Gore remain at large

17 Dec: Two people are injured in Southland's Gore, with reports of a firearm being discharged

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Motoring:
Crews are cleaning up an oil spill along a stretch of State Highway 73, between Christchurch and the West Coast 21:57

Motoring:
In Upper Hutt near Kaitoke, the intersection of SH2 and Waterworks Road has reopened after a collision 21:47

Entertainment:
King Charles' Christmas speech will be available in virtual reality 20:20

Entertainment:
Lily Allen has been "shopping like an insane person" following the success of her album West End Girl 19:50

Entertainment:
Sean Ono Lennon fears that younger generations could forget about The Beatles 19:20

Environment:
Sandbagging stations are open in Australia's far north, where residents are braceding for a drenching, with a slow-moving monsoon expected to dump up to 700mm of rain 18:57

Entertainment:
Chris Rea shared a poignant social media post in the hours before his death 18:50

Environment:
Thousands of displaced people in Gaza are preparing threadbare tents in the face of more winter rain 18:37

Politics:
Taiwan's cunning tax compliance makes most shopping receipts a ticket in a lottery 18:27

Entertainment:
Emma Heming Willis admits that Christmas has "changed" since her husband Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia 18:20

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