In the snooker Shanghai Masters, China's Ding Junhui took on Scott Donaldson in the first round on Monday.

The local favorite is looking to keep his momentum after success at the Six-red World Championship in Bangkok earlier in the month. But the Chinese master would be faced with some real ups and downs.

China's Ding Junhui (L) competes during the match against Scotland's Scott Donaldson at the 2016 World Snooker Shanghai Masters in Shanghai, east China, Sept. 19, 2016. (Xinhua/Fan Jun)

Ding would struggle on day one of the tenth anniversary Shanghai Masters.

Donaldson move 3-1 in front, while Ding is off the target again in the fifth frame.

Ding finally had some runs to level the match, but Donaldson took the seventh frame to go 4-3 ahead.

World Runner-Up Ding forced a decider and got in first with a break of 40. However, it was Donaldson who had the frame at his mercy with just two reds left. He missed a simple black and allowed Ding to ruthlessly clear and complete a comeback win.

"I didn't play well today. I wanted to perform better, but I haven't trained much after the event in Thailand. Maybe only two days. So my preparation was not good enough," Ding said.

Chinese teen also beat Gould at China Open in March
 
Also on Monday, Yuan Sijun would cause a major shock against Martin Gould. The 16-year-old making short work of the veteran in a qualifying match.

The Englishman left shaking his head after a 5-0 defeat. It’s the second time Gould has been on the end of a whitewash against the Chinese teenager, who beat him by the same score at this year’s China Open. Yuan made breaks of 111, 65 and 48 on his way to the win. His reward is a clash in the last 32 with World Champion Mark Selby.

World No. 19 will face O’Sullivan next

Meanwhile, Liang Wenbo proved to be too strong for wildcard Hu Hao. The World number 19 made breaks of 80, 76 and 44 as he came away a 5-3 winner. Next up for him is five-time World Champion Ronnie O’Sullivan.

4-time world champ reaches 2nd round after 5-3 victory

John Higgins also struggled in the beginning of his showdown with Matthew Selt. But the four-time Crucible winner came back from 3-1 down, to overcome Selt 5-3 and advances.