 The following leg he broke Caven's throw and despite a break back from Caven, a 120 checkout saw him take the third set.Caven took the fourth set 3–2 but Walsh, who two years ago went out in the first round with a 71 average due to suffering from dartitis, took the final set 4–2 to go into the second round.The match eventually ended up with a total thirteen 180s between the players; eight were from Walsh which would set a joint-record for the first round along with Adrian Lewis.