 At the venue Maflin defeated Xiao Guodong 5–4, before losing 3–5 to Holt in the last 16.Maflin had a very good season in the minor-ranking PTC events, with his best results coming at the Gdynia Open and the FFB Open, where was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Jamie Burnett and Rod Lawler respectively.In the latter event Maflin had arguably the best win of his career by coming back from 0–3 to defeat in-form Neil Robertson in a televised match.