 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - McLeod akarasikirwa mumakwikwi 32 ekupedzisira eRiga Masters neIndian Open4-1 kuna Anthony McGill uye 4-2 kuna Barry Hawkins. Zvakatora kusvika kumhemberero yekupedzisira yemwaka kuti isvike padanho rimwe chete zvakare paakakunda Liang Wenbo 52 naMike Dunn 53 kuChina Open. Akakundwa 5-3 naHossein Vafaei mumakwikwi ekupedzisira gumi nematanhatu. Vakakunda Darryl Hill naSydney Wilson kaviri ka10 ne7 zvikaita kuti McLeod akundwe kamwe chete kuti akodzere kuenda kuWorld Championship uye akatora mafuremu manomwe ekutanga kurwisa Hammad Miah. Miah akabva atora mukana wekuti akundikane 76, asi McLeod aizokunda 107. PaCrucible akadhirowa Judd Trump, murume akapinda mumutambo achitaura kuti Ndinotenda nomwoyo wose kuti ndinogona kutamba kusvika pamwero usingawanzowaniki mazuva ano, uye kuti akanga ari akanakisisa munyika. Akakunda mafuremu mana okutanga, asi McLeod, aiva nemakore 46 ari mutambi mukuru pane vose, akapindura zvakaisvonaka kuti atungamirire ne54. McLeod akaenderera mberi achiti ane mukurumbira 108 kukunda mutambi akaiswa 52 nzvimbo pamusoro pake mumatanho uye akati kwaive kukunda kukuru kwebasa rake. Akarasikirwa ne13-3 naStephen Maguire mumutambo wechipiri aine musangano wekuchengetedza uye akati hype kubva mukukunda kwake pamusoro paTrump yakanga yamutsausa. 