Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Cao nwetara ihe nrite mbụ ya kachasị elu n'egwuregwu asọmpi na agba nke abụọ nke Scottish Open. Ọ ghọrọ naanị onye ọkpụkpọ nke atọ si na China iji nweta ọrụ ahụ, na-eso Ding Junhui na Liang Wenbo. Cao mechara ruo agba nke ikpeazụ nke Scottish Open, nke mbụ n'ọkwa ikpeazụ na ọrụ ya. Mgbe ọ na-edu 8<unk>4, onye na-emegide ya, Neil Robertson, meriri okpokolo agba ise ikpeazụ n'ụzọ dị egwu iji merie Cao site na 9<unk>8. N'otu oge ahụ ọ ruru ọkara-ikpeazụ nke European Masters
mana o meriri onye ga-emecha bụrụ onye mmeri Judd Trump na nke ikpeazụ ya na Gibraltar Open, ebe ọ meriri 4-0 na Ryan Day.