“That’s darts,” was the simple assessment of Swindon player Mark Cox following his UK Open exit to Darren Webster yesterday.
Cox went down 5-1 to the experienced campaigner in round two in Minehead yesterday, having battled from behind to beat Shaun Narain 5-4 earlier in the day.
Webster simply had too much for Swindon’s Cox, who was philosophical following his exit from the tournament and determined to take the positives.
“The lad I played in the first round was pretty good, scored well and hit a few doubles, so he really should have beaten me,” he said.
“Fortunately I managed to scrape through by taking doubles when it mattered.
“I didn’t take that through to the next game and I really needed to against an experienced player like Darren because he’s always going to play well.
“The result tells the whole story and I deserved to lose, but that’s darts.
“It happens sometimes because you have good days and you have bad days, you just have to live with that. I was happy to be here in the first place and I have to take positives from that.”
Cox - like his fellow Swindon players Johnny Haines, Chris Aubrey and Dennis Smith - return to action in Barnsley next weekend in the first round of Players Championship tournaments.
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