<prompt> Maflin akakunda mitambo mitatu kuti asvike kumakundano ekupedzisira mukukwikwidza kwemitambo miviri yemitambo mishanu yekutanga yemwaka wa20122013. Izvi zvakauya muWuxi Classic kwaakarasikirwa mufuremu yekusarudza kuna Michael Holt, uye iyo International Championship kwaakarasikirwa 26 kuna Mark Davis.ref name201213ref Akashandisa mukana weiyo nyowani flatter yekukodzera system inoshandiswa muGerman Masters, nekudaro aizongoda kuhwina mitambo miviri kuti afambire mberi kunhandare huru muBerlin, nekurova Joel Walker naTom Ford, achidonhedza furemu rimwe chete mukuita uku. Panzvimbo iyi Maflin akakunda Xiao Guodong 54, asati arohwa naHolt 35 mumutambo we16 yekupedzisira. Maflin aiva nemwaka wakanaka kwazvo mumitambo yePTC, nemigumisiro yake yakanakisisa inouya kuGdynia Open uye FFB Open, kwaakakundwa mumakwikwi ekupedzisira naJamie Burnett naRod Lawler. Muchiitiko chekupedzisira Maflin akawana kukunda kwakanakisisa kwebasa rake, nekudzoka kubva ku03 kukunda Neil Robertson mumutambo weTV. Akasvikawo kuma16 okupedzisira eScottish Open  <response>: achipinza chipingamupinyi chake chechipiri chikuru munzira kumubatsira kupedza ari wechi23 paOrder of Merit, mukati memakumi maviri nematanhatu epamusoro akakodzera kuenda kuFinal. Ikoko, Maflin akawana runako rwakanakisisa mukuronga kwebasa rake nokurova 1997 world champion Ken Doherty 42, Lawler naBen Woollaston vose 43 kuti vasvike kuma semi-finals. Akatamba naDing Junhui uye akarohwa mukukundwa 04, achingokwanisa kurova huwandu hwemapoinzi makumi mashanu nemaviri mumutambo wese. Kunyange zvakadaro, cheki ye20,000 yokusvika kumakwikwi mana okupedzisira ndiyo yakanga yakakura zvikuru mubasa rake kusvikira zvino. Maflin akarova Craig Steadman naSteve Davis kuti vapfuurire kunhanho yekupedzisira yeWorld Championship Qualifying. Akatungamirira aimbova shasha yenyika Peter Ebdon 86 asi akarasikirwa nemapikicha mana mumutsara kuti arambidzwe nzvimbo muWorld Championship kekutanga. Akakwidziridza chinzvimbo chake nenzvimbo sere mukati megore kuti apedze iri nhamba 64 yenyika. 