 Complete the following phrase:  Maflin won three matches to reach the final round in qualifying for two of the first five ranking events of the 20122013 season. These came in the Wuxi Classic where he lost in a deciding frame to Michael Holt, and the International Championship where he lost 26 to Mark Davis.ref name201213ref He took advantage of the new flatter qualifying system used in the German Masters, whereby he would only need to win two matches to progress to the main stage in Berlin, by beating Joel Walker and Tom Ford, dropping only a single frame in the process. At the venue Maflin defeated Xiao Guodong 54, before losing 35 to Holt in the last 16. Maflin had a very good season in the minor-ranking PTC events, with his best results coming at the Gdynia Open and the FFB Open, where was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Jamie Burnett and Rod Lawler respectively. In the latter event Maflin had arguably the best win of his career, by coming back from 03 to defeat the in-form Neil Robertson in a televised match. He also reached the last 16 of the Scottish Open scoring his second maximum break along the way to help him finish 23rd on the Order of Merit, inside the top 26 who qualified for the Finals. There, Maflin had the best run in a ranking of his career by beating 