Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Donaldson akakunda mitambo mina yekusangana naDing Junhui mumutambo wekutanga weShanghai Masters uye aive nehutungamiriri hwe3<unk>1 uye 4<unk>3, Ding asati amanikidza chimiro chekusarudza. Donaldson aiva nomukana wokubvisa chishamiso chacho, asi akarasikirwa neruvara rwakajeka uye Ding akakunda. Donaldson akasvika kumakwikwi gumi nemasere ekupedzisira eEuropean Masters
uye Northern Ireland Open, ichirasikirwa ne4<unk>3 kuna Anthony McGill uye 4<unk>2 kuna Hossein Vafaei zvichiteerana. PaWelsh Open akakunda Jack Lisowski 4<unk>1, Mark King 4<unk>2, Jimmy Robertson 4<unk>0 naMark Davis 4<unk>3 kuti asvike kumaquarter-finals. Akatarisana naZhou Yuelong, uyo aionekwawo padanho iri remutambo wenhabvu kekutanga uye Donaldson akamurova 5<unk>0. Donaldson akadzoka kubva pa 4<unk>1 pasi pa Judd Trump mumasemi-fainari kusvika pa 4<unk>3, asi akarasikirwa ne 6<unk>3. Akakunda £20,000 kuti asvike kumakwikwi mana ekupedzisira uye akaiswa pachinzvimbo chechi65 munyika pakupera kwemwaka, wechitatu wepamusoro wevatambi vese vakatanga gore vasina mapoinzi.