Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Cao ya cancanci zuwa na biyu a cikin jerin abubuwan da suka faru a wannan kakar, Australian Goldfields Open
, ta hanyar doke Paul Davison, Alfie Burden da Mike Dunn duk ta hanyar 5<unk>2 scorelines.&lt;ref name="2012/13"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; Ya sami izini a zagaye na ƙarshe saboda ficewar Anthony Hamilton, sannan ya zo ta hanyar wasan daji-katin wasa da Johl Younger sau ɗaya a Ostiraliya don isa 32 na ƙarshe. Ya fuskanci Ali Carter kuma ya shiga cikin jagorancin 4<unk>0, kafin ya tsayayya da yaki, daga bisani ya ci nasara 5<unk>3. Cao ya doke Martin Gould 5 zuwa 4 a zagaye na biyu, ba tare da akwai fiye da firam tsakanin 'yan wasan ba. Ya yi 143 ya karya a cikin tsari na shida, mafi girma a cikin aikinsa har zuwa yau. Wata daya bayan haka, Cao ya lashe wasanni uku na neman shiga gasar zakarun kasa da kasa, wanda aka buga a Chengdu, a kasarsa. Ya kashe Wang Yuchen a zagaye na wild-card, kafin ya doke zakara na duniya sau hudu John Higgins a zagaye na farko, don kafa wasan kwaikwayo tare da Mark Allen, bayan da suka yi karo a karshen kakar wasa ta bara. Allen ne ya yi nasara a wannan lokacin, tare da nasara 6 × 2.