 Complete the following phrase:  He began the season by winning the Shanghai Masters, defeating Liang Wenbo 105 in the final. On the way to the final, he lost only 6 frames. He beat Graeme Dott 50 in the first round, Marco Fu 52 in the second round, Ding Junhui 53 in the quarter-finals, and John Higgins 61 in the semifinals. After his Shanghai Masters victory, he joined the newly founded Snooker Players Association. In the second ranking event, the 