 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - PaWorld Championship, Dott akakunda Peter Ebdon 106 mumutambo wekutanga wakatora maawa manomwe nemaminitsi gumi nemasere, nechikamu chekuwedzera chakawedzerwa mushure mekunge vatambi vatadza kupedzisa mutambo munguva yakapihwa zvikamu zviviri zvekutanga. Mushure memutambo, Dott akatsoropodza Ebdons slow, deliberative style of play and called for a rule to limit the amount of time a player could spend over a shot. Dott akava mutambi chete wokuScotland kusvika kumativi wechipiri, pashure John Higgins, Stephen Maguire, Marcus Campbell, uye Alan McManus vose vakatambura wokutanga rwakapoteredza kukundwa. Achitarisana naShaun Murphy mumutambo wake wechipiri, akange ari kumashure 26 mushure mechikamu chekutanga. Munguva yechikamu chechipiri, akanyunyuta nezvekugamuchira static shocks paakabata tafura, uye vatambi vakatora nguva yavo yepakati pechikamu chimiro chemberi apo kapeti yakasaswa nemvura kugadzirisa dambudziko. Dott akakwanisa kuenzanisa mutambo pa88 mushure mechikamu chechipiri, asi akaenderera mberi nekurasikirwa ne1113. Kukundwa kwake kwakareva kuti, kwenguva yokutanga kubvira muna 1988, hapana mutambi weScotland akakwikwidza mumakwikwi eWorld Championship emakota-fainari. 