 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 2007 Grand Prix, started from October 2007 onwards. In the 2007 UK Championship he was eliminated in the first round, 79, by unseeded Dave Harold, while in the Masters he lost 56 to eventual runner-up Stephen Lee for the third successive year. Another first-round elimination followed in the 2008 Malta Cup, this time to Mark Williams. In the 2008 Welsh Open he lost his opening match against Michael Judge 45. In frame 7, when leading 42, he missed the pack completely with his break-off after miscuing, and also failed to hit the bunch on his next shot after being snookered. Dott announced that he might miss the 