Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A wasan farko na kakar wasa, Xiao ya ci Andrew Norman 5<unk>3 don cancanta don 2013 Wuxi Classic a China inda ya doke Peter Ebdon 5<unk>3 a zagaye na farko da Li Hang 5<unk>4 a zagaye na biyu. Daga nan ya fuskanci John Higgins a cikin 16 na karshe kuma an yi masa fata 0<unk>5. Xiao kuma ba zai iya daukar hoto ba a zagaye na farko na Australian Goldfields Open
, kamar yadda ya rasa 0 <unk> 5 zuwa Joe Perry. Ya ci wasanni uku don cancanta ga Masters na Shanghai kuma sau ɗaya ya ci Yuan Siyun 5<unk>0 a zagaye na wildcard. Xiao ya yi amfani da mummunan wasan kwaikwayon da Stephen Maguire ya yi a zagaye na farko don doke shi 5<unk>2 sannan ya ga Peter Lines 5<unk>3. Ya ci gaba da gudana don yin wasan kusa da na karshe na wasan kwaikwayo na farko a karo na farko yayin da ya dawo daga 4<unk>2 zuwa kasa don doke Mark Davis 5<unk>4 bayan ya ambaci aikinsa tare da Terry Griffiths a matsayin babban mahimmancin nasararsa. A cikin wasan kusa da na karshe ya buga Michael Holt wanda shima ya fara buga wasan kusa da na karshe kuma daga 3<unk>3 Xiao ya yi hutu na 111, ya kara da frame na gaba sannan ya rufe wasan daga 6<unk>3 tare da hutu na 127. Ya buga Ding Junhui a wasan karshe na farko na kasar Sin kuma an doke shi 10<unk>6, amma rajistar mai tsere na £ 35,500 ita ce mafi girma a cikin aikinsa har zuwa yau kuma ya shiga cikin manyan 32 na duniya a karon farko.