 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Walden akatanga mwaka uyu nekukunda mukombe wake wechipiri mumakwikwi eWuxi Classic. Akakunda amateur Zhu Yinghui mumutambo wekutanga 50 uye akatungamira Joe Perry 40 uye ne 640 mufuremu rechishanu, Perry asati aenderera mberi nekushamisa kuti aenzanise mutambo.ref name201213ref Iyo furemu yekusarudza yakaburukira kune yekupedzisira nhema, naPerry asipo uye Walden achiisa muhari pa1am nguva yemuno, kuti asvike kumaquarter-fainari. Akakunda Robert Milkins 53 uye akanyatsokunda Marcus Campbell 61 mumasemi-fainari kuti atambe muchikamu chake chechipiri chebasa rekupedzisira, kwaakatarisana naStuart Bingham. Walden akamhanya achitungamirira 71 muchikamu chekutanga, kunyangwe Bingham aine furemu yega iri 147, uye aizodzoka kuzovhara kukunda kwe104. Kutevera izvi akarasikirwa mumutambo wokutanga weAustralia Goldfields Open 45 kuna Jamie Cope uye mumutambo wechipiri weShanghai Masters 25 kuna Mark Williams. 