<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UMaflin unqobe imidlalo emithathu ukuze afinyelele emzuliswaneni wokugcina ekufanelekeleleni emidlalweni emibili emihlanu yokuqala yokulinganisa isizini ka-20122013. Lokhu kwenzeka eWuxi Classic lapho elahlekelwe khona ngo-frame onqumayo kuMichael Holt, nase-International Championship lapho elahlekelwe khona ngo-26 kuMark Davis. Wasebenzisa ngokunenzuzo uhlelo olusha lokufaneleka olusetshenziswe kuma-German Masters, lapho ayezodinga ukunqoba khona imidlalo emibili kuphela ukuze aqhubekele esigabeni esikhulu eBerlin, ngokushaya uJoel Walker noTom Ford, elahla ifreyimu eyodwa kuphela kule nqubo. Kule ndawo uMaflin wanqoba uXiao Guodong ngo-54, ngaphambi kokulahlekelwa ngo-35 kuHolt emidlalweni eyishumi nesithupha. UMaflin ube nesizini enhle kakhulu emicimbini ephansi ye-PTC, ngemiphumela yakhe emihle kakhulu eza eGdynia Open naseFFB Open, lapho akhishwa khona emidlalweni yama-quarter-final nguJamie Burnett noRod Lawler ngokulandelana. Emcimbini wokugcina uMaflin waba nempumelelo engcono kakhulu emsebenzini wakhe, ngokubuya kusuka ku-03 ukuhlula uNeil Robertson owayengekho esimeni somdlalo emdlalweni owethulwe kuthelevishini. Uphinde wafinyelela kuma-16 okugcina  <response>: UScottish Open ukufaka isicoco sakhe sesibili esiphezulu endleleni ukumsiza ukuthi aqede endaweni yama-23 ku-Order of Merit, ngaphakathi kwabangu-26 abaphambili abafanelekele i-Finals. Lapho, uMaflin waba nesikhathi esihle kakhulu ekulinganisweni komsebenzi wakhe ngokushaya i-1997 world champion Ken Doherty 42, Lawler noBen Woollaston bobabili 43 ukufinyelela kuma-semi-finals. Wadlala noDing Junhui futhi wahlulwa emdlalweni ka-0 4, wakwazi ukufaka amaphuzu angama-52 emdlalweni wonke. Noma kunjalo, isheke lika-20,000 lokufinyelela emidlalweni emine yokugcina laliphakeme kakhulu emsebenzini wakhe kuze kube manje. UMaflin unqobe uCraig Steadman noSteve Davis ukuze badlulele emzuliswaneni wokugcina we-World Championship Qualifying. Wahola owayengumpetha womhlaba uPeter Ebdon 86 kodwa walahlekelwa amafreyimu amane alandelanayo ukuze anqatshelwe indawo eMqhudelwaneni Womhlaba okokuqala ngqa. Wenyusa isikhundla sakhe ngezindawo eziyisishiyagalombili phakathi nonyaka ukuze aqede endaweni yesithupha namashumi ayisithupha nane emhlabeni. 