 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Stevens akaenda kuHaikou, China, nokuda kweWorld Open, asi chiratidzo chake chakakundikana kusvika nenguva nokuda kwomutambo wake wokutanga wokurwisana naDavid Gilbert. Zvisinei, akakunda Gilbert 54 nechikwangwani chakakweretwa uye Shaun Murphy 53 nechikwangwani chaMark Williams asati asvika kumakwikwi ake ekupedzisira neJudd Trump. VaTrump panguva iyi ndivo vakatambura nematambudziko ekudya sezvo muromo wavo wakava nemvura panguva yemutambo uye Stevens akashandisa mukana wose kuti akunde 53. Akabva adzoka kubva pa4 kusvika ku5 achipikisana naNeil Robertson mumasemi-fainari kuti akunde 6 kusvika ku5 uye asvike pakupedzisira kwake kwekutanga kubva ku2008 Bahrain Championship. Akatarisana naMark Allen mumutambo wokupedzisira uye, pasinei nokuita mazana maviri, akarohwa zvakanaka 410. Mwaka waStevens wakapera mukusagutsikana sezvo akarasikirwa mumutambo wekutanga weChina Open 25 kuna Rory McLeod uye 710 kuna Marco Fu muWorld Championship, iro rakamuona achipedza gore ari pachinzvimbo chechi14 munyika yose. 