 Nyorera kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Mumutambo wake wekutanga wemwaka, Xiao akakunda Andrew Norman 53 kuti akwanise kuenda ku2013 Wuxi Classic kuChina kwaakakunda Peter Ebdon 53 mumutambo wekutanga uye Li Hang 54 mune yechipiri. Xiao aisakwanisawo kutora furemu mumutambo wekutanga weAustralia Goldfields Open, sezvo akarasikirwa ne05 kuna Joe Perry. Akakunda mitambo mitatu kuti akwanise kupinda muShanghai Mastersuye kamwe ikoko vakakurira Yuan Siyun 50 muchikamu che wildcard. Xiao akatora mukana wekutamba kwakashata kwaStephen Maguire mumutambo wekutanga kuti amurove 52 uye ndokuzoona Peter Lines 53. Akaenderera mberi nekumhanya kwake kuti aite semi-fainari yechiitiko chepamusoro kekutanga paakadzoka kubva ku42 pasi kuti akunde Mark Davis 54 achitaura mushure mebasa rake naTerry Griffiths sechinhu chakakosha mukubudirira kwake. Mumutambo we semi-finals akatamba naMichael Holt uyo aivewo achiita mutambo wake wekutanga semi-final uye kubva ku33 Xiao akaita kuputsa kwe111, akawedzera chimiro chinotevera ndokuvhara mutambo kunze kwe63 ne127 break. Akatamba naDing Junhui mumutambo wekupedzisira weChina uye akarohwa 106, asi cheki yemumhanyi we 35,500 ndiyo yepamusoro yebasa rake kusvika parizvino uye akapindawo munyika yepamusoro 32 kekutanga. 