Cika jumlar da ke gaba: 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
Masters na Turai amma ya rasa zuwa zakara na karshe Judd Trump da na biyu na karshe na Gibraltar Open, inda ya rasa 4-0 ga Ryan Day.