Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Cao ya sami nasara mafi girma a wasan gasar a zagaye na biyu na Scottish Open. Ya zama dan wasa na uku ne kawai daga babban yankin China don cimma nasarar, bayan Ding Junhui da Liang Wenbo. Daga baya Cao ya kai wasan karshe na Scottish Open, wasan karshe na farko a cikin aikinsa. Bayan ya jagoranci 8<unk>4, abokin hamayyarsa, Neil Robertson, ya lashe zane-zane biyar na karshe a cikin salon wasan kwaikwayo don kayar da Cao da 9<unk>8. A wannan kakar ya kai wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar zakarun Turai
amma ya yi rashin nasara a kan zakara Judd Trump da kuma wasan karshe na biyu na Gibraltar Open, inda ya yi rashin nasara 4-0 ga Ryan Day.