Donaldson won four matches to meet Ding Junhui in the opening round of the Shanghai Masters and had leads of 3<unk>1 and 4<unk>3, before Ding forced a deciding frame. Donaldson had a chance to pull off the shock, but missed a simple black and Ding won through. <unk> Donaldson had a chance to pull off the shock, but missed a simple black and Ding won through. <unk> <unk> <unk>
<unk> <unk> <unk> At the Welsh Open he beat Jack Lisowski 4<unk>1, Mark King 4<unk>2, Jimmy Robertson 4<unk>0 and Mark Davis 4<unk>3 to reach the quarter-finals. <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ £20,000 for reaching the final four and was placed 65th in the world at the end of the season, the third highest of all the players who started the year on zero ranking points.