Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I wikitoria a Astley i tana tukinga whakatuwhera o te waa 5<unk>2 ki a Mike Dunn kia eke ki te huinga matua o te Wuxi Classic. I tana putanga tuatahi i roto i te huihuinga whakatauranga i whitened a Astley 5<unk>0 e Robert Milkins. I wikitoria ia i tetahi tukinga i roto i te huihuinga whakatauranga mo te wa tuatahi ma te whakaeke i a Ken Doherty 6<unk>5 i te Whakataetae o UK, he mahinga i kiia e ia i muri mai ko te pai o tana umanga. I hinga ia 6 ki te 1 ki a Stuart Carrington i te rauna e whai ake nei. I āhei hoki a Astley ki te
China Open me te 5<unk>2 angitu i runga i a Robbie Williams, ka haere mai i roto i te whakataetae a te kaari mohoao kotahi i Haina, i mua i te ngaro 5<unk>1 ki a Ding Junhui. I hinga a Astley i a Sam Baird 10<unk>9 i te rauna tuatahi o te tohu Toa o te Ao, engari i mutu tana wa i tana tukinga e whai ake nei me te hinganga nui 10<unk>2 ki a Jamie Cope. I mutu tana wa tuatahi i runga i te haerenga i te tau 98 o te ao. I whakawhiwhia a Astley ki te Tohu Rookie o te Tau i te huihuinga Tohu Tohu Tohu Tohu o te Ao Snooker.