 Complete the following phrase:  The 200708 season was more of a struggle for Dott, who described his late-2007 form as hopeless... nowhere near to playing a good enough standard. His season started promisingly, as he reached the semi-finals of the season-opening 2007 Shanghai Masters, where he defeated Michael Holt 54, tournament favourite Ding Junhui 51, and Stephen Lee 54, before losing his semi-final against Ryan Day 26, to close the gap on world number 1 John Higgins, who went out in the second round; however, Dott then won no further matches that season; a run of twelve consecutive defeats, including all five group matches in the 