<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Phakathi nesikhathi esisele sesizini u-Ebdon wehlulekile ekufanelekeni emicimbini emithathu yokubeka kanye nasendleleni yokuqala yeWorld Open neChina Open  <response>: . futhi. Wafanelekela i-World Championship ngokubuya ku-68 ukuze anqobe uKurt Maflin 108 futhi wadlala noGraeme Dott emzuliswaneni wokuqala, ukuphindaphinda kokugcina kuka-2006. Indawo yakhe ekudwebeni okuyinhloko kusho ukuthi u-Ebdon walinganisa uSteve Davis ngokuvela emidlalweni engu-22 elandelanayo kulo mqhudelwano, okwesibili kuphela kwirekhodi likaStephen Hendry lama-27. Umdlalo wakhe noDott wathatha amahora ayisikhombisa, wahlukaniswa waba yizikhathi ezintathu njengoba u-Ebbdon elwa emuva esuka ku-26 waya ezingeni ku-66, ngaphambi kokulahlekelwa amafreyimu amane okugcina ukuze anqobe ukunqotshwa kwe-610. UDott wacela ukuba kwethulwe imithetho emisha ukuze kulwiswane nokudlala kancane ngemva komdlalo. U-Ebdon wehla ngezikhundla eziyishumi esikalini sokuphela kwesizini waba ngowama-30 emhlabeni. 