Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Cao mere ihe mbụ kachasị mma ya na asọmpi egwuregwu 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 ọ meriri onye mmeri Judd Trump na nke abụọ ya na Gibraltar Open, ebe ọ meriri 4-0 na Ryan Day.