 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Donaldson akakunda mitambo mina yekusangana naDing Junhui mumutambo wekutanga weShanghai Masters uye aive nehutungamiriri hwe31 uye 43, Ding asati amanikidza chimiro chekusarudza. Donaldson aiva nomukana wokubvisa chishamiso chacho, asi akarasikirwa neruvara rwakajeka uye Ding akakunda. Donaldson akasvika kumasekondi gumi nemasere eEuropean Masters neNorthern Ireland Open, vakarasikirwa ne4x3 naAnthony McGill uye 4x2 naHossein Vafaei zvichiteerana. PaWelsh Open akakunda Jack Lisowski 41, Mark King 42, Jimmy Robertson 40 naMark Davis 43 kuti asvike kumaquarter-finals. Akatarisana naZhou Yuelong, uyo aionekwawo padanho iri remutambo wenhabvu kekutanga uye Donaldson akamurova 50. Donaldson akadzoka kubva pa 41 pasi pa Judd Trump mumasemi-fainari kusvika pa 43, asi akarasikirwa ne 63. Akakunda 20,000 kuti asvike kumakwikwi mana ekupedzisira uye akaiswa pachinzvimbo chechi65 munyika pakupera kwemwaka, wechitatu wepamusoro wevatambi vese vakatanga gore vasina mapoinzi. 