 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kurasikirwa kunoteedzana kwekutanga kutenderera paGerman Mastersuye Welsh Open yakatevera, Walden asati awanazve imwe fomu paWorld Open nekubvisa Ebdon 52 naStephen Maguire 54, asi akabva arasikirwa nemutambi anotonga Mark Allen 15 mumakwikwi ekupedzisira. Walden akanyatsorekodha kukunda kwake kwekutanga paWorld Championship nekurova Michael Holt 101 mumutambo wokutanga. Akatamba naRobert Milkins mumakwikwi gumi nematanhatu ekupedzisira uye akaona hutungamiriri hunotungamira hwe9 3 hwakatemwa kusvika pa11 10, asati abata hasha dzake kuti afambire mberi kumaquarter-fainari nekukunda kwe13 11. Walden akatamba neakakodzera Michael White mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, achimukunda 13 × 6 kuti afambire mberi kuma semi-fainari, kwaakatarisana naBarry Hawkins. Walden akatungamira mutambo 128 Hawkins asati akunda mafuremu masere akateedzana uye akaenderera mberi nekukunda Walden 1714. Akapedza mwaka ari pachinzvimbo chepamusoro chepasi rose chechisere mumatanho. 