 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Day akarasikirwa 54 kuna Ding Junhui mumutambo wechipiri weShanghai Masters, asi vakashandura mamiriro ezvinhu panguva imwe cheteyo yeInternational Championship nokumurova 65. Zuva rakakundwa 6-4 naDavid Gilbert mumutambo unotevera. Zvisinei, mumutambo wake unotevera akachenesa Mark Selby 40 mumakwikwi ekupedzisira eBulgarian Open uye akarova Sam Baird 42 kuti atambe mumutambo wekupedzisira wechiitiko chinotakura mapoinzi ekutanga kubvira 2008, asi akarohwa 40 naMark Allen. Akarasikirwa 62 kuna Dechawat Poomjaeng muchikamu chechipiri cheUK Championship, asi akarova mukwikwidzi wepasi rose Stuart Bingham 53 kuti asvike kumaquarter-fainari eGerman Masters. Zuva rakarasikirwa nemafirimu matatu ekupedzisira kurwisa Kyren Wilson kuti abviswe 54.ref name201516ref Akaita mazana maviri uye akahwina furemu yekupedzisira pane dema kurwisa John Higgins kuti aite imwe kota-fainari kuWorld Grand Prix. Akakundwa 42 naBingham, achirasikirwa nefirimu yekupedzisira kubva pamapoinzi 560, mushure mekunge Bingham aita 64 break. Mushure mekukundwa 103 naHiggins mumutambo wekutanga weWorld Championship, Day akati achange achishanda pakugwinya kwake mumwaka wepamusoro mukuedza kuvandudza kutarisa kwake panguva yemitambo. 