 Complete the following phrase:  In 200809 Hamilton did not reach the last sixteen in any of the first five ranking events. He lost in the first round 35 against Andrew Higginson at the Northern Ireland Trophy, 25 against Marco Fu at the Shanghai Masters, and 05 against John Higgins at the Grand Prix, while he could not qualify for the Bahrain Championship and the UK Championship, as he lost in the qualifying round 25 against Mark Davis and 49 against Higginson respectively. However he managed a run to the semi-finals of the 2009 Welsh Open. On the way he beat Peter Ebdon, Michael Judge and Mark Selby. In the semi-final he led Ali Carter 30 and it looked as though he may reach his third ranking final but eventually lost 56 against the eventual winner. Hamilton qualified for the China Open, by defeating Patrick Wallace 51, but lost 45 against John Higgins, and he couldnt qualify for the 