 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 2007, Stevens akarasikirwa ne1213 kuna Shaun Murphy mumakwikwi ekupedzisira eWorld Championship, mushure mekutungamira 115 uye 127 pakutanga mumutambo, zvichimuita munhu wekutanga kurasikirwa nemutambo wakanakisa-we-25 kubva pakutungamira kwe127. Kukundwa kwacho kwakamusiya ari kunze kweboka re16 rokutanga kwenguva yokutanga mumakore masere. Muna 2008, akakundwa mumutambo wekutanga weWorld Championship kekutanga mubasa rake, nekudzivirira mukwikwidzi John Higgins, uye akapedza akagara kunze kwepamusoro 16 kwechipiri mwaka unotevera. Chinhu chikuru chakaitika mumwaka wa2008-09 kwaive kuenda kumagumo eBahrain Championship, kwaakapihwa 16 yepamusoro nekuda kwekusawanikwa kwevatambi vatatu vanotungamira. Akasvika bedzi mumakwikwi gumi namatanhatu okupedzisira echimwe chiitiko, uye akakundikana kukwanirisa nokuda kweWorld Championshippashure pokukundwa naMartin Gould. Akapedza mwaka wacho achidonha nenzvimbo pfumbamwe kuenda kunhamba 26 yenyika. 