Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Cao ruru eru maka ihe omume nke abụọ nke oge a, Australian Goldfields Open
, site na imeri Paul Davison, Alfie Burden na Mike Dunn niile site na 5<unk>2 scorelines.&lt;ref name="2012/13"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; Ọ natara bye na agba ikpeazụ ruru eru n'ihi Anthony Hamilton ịdọrọ, wee si na egwuregwu wild-card megide Johl Younger otu oge na Australia iji ruo 32 ikpeazụ. O chere Ali Carter ihu ma jiri ọsọ gaa n'ihu 4 <unk> 0, tupu ịnagide ọgụ, n'ikpeazụ na-aga iji merie 5 <unk> 3. Cao meriri 5 na 4 site n'aka Martin Gould na agba nke abụọ, na-enweghị ihe karịrị otu etiti n'etiti ndị egwuregwu. O mere 143 breeki n'ime etiti nke isii, nke kachasị elu n'ọrụ ya ruo taa. Ka otu ọnwa gachara, Cao meriri asọmpi atọ iji ruo asọmpi International Championship, nke e mere na Chengdu, n'ala nna ya. O meriri Wang Yuchen n'agba nke wild-card, tupu o merie onye mmeri ụwa ugboro anọ John Higgins na agba nke mbụ, iji guzobe mmeghachi azụ na Mark Allen, na-eso ọgụ ha na ngwụcha oge gara aga. Ọ bụ Allen meriri na nke ugbu a, site na mmeri 6x2.