Aditya Mehta was a surprise home finalist at the inaugural Indian Open but his hopes of repeating the feat were killed off by Ricky Walden on Thursday . The 29-year-old surpassed all expectations in October 2013 , when Peter Ebdon , Mark Williams and Stephen Maguire were among his victims , before Ding Junhui inflicted a 5-0 defeat on the Indian cueman in the title match . Nudged back in the calendar to March this season , 50th-ranked Mehta would have longed to put together another decent run in his home tournament , but the figure of world number eight Walden loomed large in the draw . Ricky Walden saw off Aditya Mehta to deny the Indian a repeat success at his home tournament . And International Championship winner Walden came through a 4-2 winner to reach the last 16 , where China 's Tian Pengfei awaits him . Former world champions John Higgins and Williams advanced , Scotsman Higgins winning 4-2 against Jamie Cope and Welshman Williams with a final-frame break of 127 to fend off one-time Crucible king Ebdon 4-3 . Next up for Williams is world number six Judd Trump , who was given a scare by amateur Adam Duffy and was far from persuasive as he edged through 4-3 . Trump has been struggling with a shoulder injury and even considered withdrawing from the tournament . Trump said after beating Duffy : 'The shoulder is better than it was in my first match , though it is still not perfect . ' I do n't expect much tomorrow , I will just battle like I did today and see what happens . I 'm not going to play my best here . I just need to try to be patient because I know I 'm going to miss balls that I do n't usually miss . ' Williams is hoping to hang around in Mumbai - because he is smitten by the local cuisine . Williams said , according to World Snooker 's website : ' I 've had two curries a day since I 've been here . They are the best curries I 've ever had , better than anything back home . If my wife asks me next week if want to go for a curry , I 'll definitely have to say no . ' Graeme Dott , the 2006 world champion , breezed to a 4-0 win over David Morris , with others through to the last 16 including Jamie Jones , Mark Davis , Kyren Wilson , Michael White , Nigel Bond and Chris Wakelin - the 22-year-old Warwickshire potter reaching the last 16 of a ranking event for the first time after a 4-1 victory over Andrew Pagett .
Aditya Mehta made the final at inaugural masters Open . But Ricky Walden beat him 3 - 2 to reach the last round this time around . John Higgins , Mark ##ova and seed ##esh also all advance .