<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - UDonaldson wanqoba imidlalo emine ukuze ahlangane noDing Junhui emzuliswaneni wokuqala weShanghai Masters futhi wayehola ngo-31 no-43, ngaphambi kokuba uDing aphoqelele isigaba esinqumayo. UDonaldson wayenethuba lokudonsa umcibisholo, kodwa waphuthelwa umnyama olula futhi uDing wanqoba. UDonaldson ufinyelele emidlalweni eyishumi nesithupha yokugcina ku-European Masters  <response>: ne-Northern Ireland Open, elahlekelwe ngo-4-3 ku-Anthony McGill no-4-2 kuHossein Vafaei ngokulandelana. Emqhudelwaneni weWelsh Open wanqoba uJack Lisowski ngo-4-1, uMark King ngo-4-2, uJimmy Robertson ngo-4-0 noMark Davis ngo-4-3 ukuze afinyelele kowamanqamu. Ubhekane noZhou Yuelong, naye owayevela kulesi sigaba somcimbi wokulinganisa okokuqala futhi uDonaldson wamshaya ngo-50. UDonaldson ubuye emuva kusuka ku-4 kuya ku-1 phansi kukaJudd Trump kuma-semi-finals kuya ku-4 kuya ku-3, kodwa wahlulwa ngo-6 kuya ku-3. Wathola ama- 20,000 ngokufinyelela emidlalweni emine yokugcina futhi wabeka indawo yama-65 emhlabeni ekupheleni kwesizini, eyesithathu ephezulu kunabo bonke abadlali abaqale unyaka ngamaphuzu wokuhlunga zero. 