<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemuva kokuphela okuqinile kwesizini edlule, ukusebenza kukaMaflin ekuqaleni kwesizini entsha bekungaphawuleki kangako, waze wafika kuma-16 wokugcina we-International Championship.ref name201314ref UMaflin wahlulwa nguLuca Brecel ngo-64 emdlalweni wokulungiselela, wabe esehlula bobabili uRobert Milkins noMark Williams ngemigqa yemiphumela engu-62. Ubhekane noGraeme Dott futhi wenza i-71 break ngo-53 no-610 ngaphansi kwamaphoyinti, ngaphambi kokuthatha lo mdlalo waba ngumdlalo wokunquma awulahlile. Naphezu kokulahlekelwa okumangalisayo ngo-6 kuya ku-4 ku-amateur Mitchell Travis emidlalweni yokugcina engama-64 ye-UK Championship, uMaflin wakhuphukela endaweni yama-51 ohlwini lomhlaba ekupheleni konyaka. U-2014 uqale kahle kuMaflin, njengoba efinyelele kuma-16 wokugcina we-German Masters ngonyaka wesibili ilandelana, eseqophe ukunqoba ngokumelene nenombolo yesibili emhlabeni uMark Selby kule nqubo; kodwa-ke washaywa ngo-51 nguJoe Perry, ngokudabukisayo walahlekelwa ifreyimu yokugcina ngaphansi komthetho wokuphuthelwa kathathu ngaphambi kokuba ibhola elilodwa lifakwe ebhodweni. Noma kunjalo, lo mphumela wavumela uMaflin ukuthi athuthukise isikhundla sakhe, angene kuma-48 aphezulu okokuqala ngqa emsebenzini wakhe. Ukunqotshwa kukaLee Page emcimbini wokugcina we-European Tour, iGdynia Open kwashiya uMaflin engu-37 ku-European Order of Merit, ngenkathi e-Asian Order of Merit aqeda ngo-59 kuphela, ngaleyo ndlela ehluleka ukuthola iziqu ze-Finals. EHaikou World Open unqobe uPerry no-Ali Carter ukuze afinyelele endaweni yesithathu yokugcina engu-16 kule sizini, kodwa wahlulwa ngo-5-3 kuMark Joyce. Isizini kaMaflin yaphela ngokuhlulwa kabili kokugcina okungu-64 e-  <response>: I-China Open ne-World Championship ku-Judd Trump no-Andrew Higginson ngokulandelana; wagcina esendaweni yama-34 emhlabeni, ukukhuphuka okumangalisayo kwezikhundla ezingama-30 kusuka endaweni yakhe yezinyanga eziyi-12 ezedlule. 