Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Donaldson meriri egwuregwu anọ iji zute Ding Junhui na agba nke mbụ nke Shanghai Masters ma na-eduga 3<unk>1 na 4<unk>3, tupu Ding amanye mkpebi ikpe. Donaldson nwere ohere iji wepụ ihe mberede ahụ, mana ọ tụfuru nwa ojii dị mfe na Ding meriri site na ya. Donaldson erutela agba nke iri na isii na European Masters
na Northern Ireland Open, na-efunahụ 4<unk>3 na Anthony McGill na 4<unk>2 na Hossein Vafaei n'otu n'otu. Na Welsh Open ọ meriri Jack Lisowski 4<unk>1, Mark King 4<unk>2, Jimmy Robertson 4<unk>0 na Mark Davis 4<unk>3 iji ruo nkeji iri na ise. O chere Zhou Yuelong ihu, onye na-apụtakwa na ọkwa a nke ihe omume ogo maka oge mbụ na Donaldson kụrụ ya 5<unk>0. Donaldson laghachiri azụ site na 4<unk>1 gbadata megide Judd Trump na ọkara-ikpeazụ ruo 4<unk>3, mana tụfuru 6<unk>3. O nwetara £ 20,000 maka iru anọ ikpeazụ ma tinye ya na 65th n'ụwa na njedebe nke oge ahụ, nke atọ kachasị elu nke ndị egwuregwu niile malitere afọ ahụ na isi ihe efu.