Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I muri i tana hat-trick, ka eke a Ding ki te tuatoru o te ao i roto i te raarangi mo te wa tuatahi i roto i tana umanga, i mua i te eke ki te tokorua i muri noa atu o Neil Robertson. I wikitoria a Ding i etahi atu taitara rangatira e rua; nga Tiamana Tiamana, i whiua a Judd Trump 9<unk>5 i te whiringa toa, me te China Open
mā te whiu i a Robertson 10 ki te 5 i te whiringa toa kia ōrite ai te rekoata a Hendry o te tau e rima ngā wikitōria. Ko ia hoki te kaihauturu i te Welsh Open ki a Ronnie O'Sullivan. I te Whakataetae o te Ao, heoi, i hinga a Ding e te nama 75 o te ao a Michael Wasley 10<unk>9 i te rauna tuatahi, i arahina e Ding 6<unk>3 me 9<unk>8. I mutu a Ding i te wa tuarua o te ao - he mahi nui - a i puritia e Mark Selby, nana nei i wikitoria te Toa o te Ao. I whiua a Ding i te £ 5,000, a, i tukuna ki te Komiti Whakahaeretanga WPBSA e te WSL mo te kore e tae atu ki ta raatau tina tohu.