 Complete the following phrase:  Allen began the season with second round losses to Mark Williams at the Wuxi Classic and Judd Trump in the Shanghai Masters.ref name201213ref His first title of the year soon followed at the minor-ranking Antwerp Open, by making three centuries in a 41 win over Mark Selby in the final. Allen then beat Robert Milkins and Cao Yupeng both 62 in the inaugural International Championship, before being edged out 56 by Trump in the quarter-finals. Marco Fu at the UK Championship beat Allen 63. At the Masters Allen came past Mark Davis 62, but was then narrowly beaten 56 by Neil Robertson in a high-quality encounter in the quarter-finals. At the Snooker Shoot-Out, the tournament where each match is decided by a 10-minute frame, Allen won through to the final where he lost to Martin Gould. He suffered successive second round defeats at the German Masters and the Welsh Open to Barry Hawkins and Ding Junhui respectively, before he travelled to China in an attempt to defend his World Open title from 2012. Allen comfortably won every match he played at the event as he beat Ryan Day 52, Robert Milkins 52, Ricky Walden 51, John Higgins 62 and Matthew Stevens 104 in the final to capture his second ranking title. Allens Antwerp Open win from earlier in the season helped him finish eighth on the Players Tour Championship Order of Merit to qualify for the Finals where he lost 34 in the quarter-finals to Ding, who made a 147 and two further centuries during the match. Robertson beat Allen 51 in the second round of the China Open, and then Allen was the victim of a first round shock at the 