Rocket fires to edge ahead
Ronnie O'Sullivan turned on the style just when he looked to be wobbling to stay ahead of Ali Carter in their Betfair World Championship second-round showdown.
Ronnie O'Sullivan turned on the style just when he looked to be wobbling to stay ahead of Ali Carter in their Betfair World Championship second-round showdown.
Ali Carter believes his big opportunity to topple Ronnie O'Sullivan at the Crucible may have arrived.
Ali Carter today booked his place in the final of the Betfair German Masters with a 6-2 semi-final victory over Neil Robertson.
World number three John Higgins came from 2-0 down to beat Ali Carter 6-3 and book his place in the quarter-finals of the Betfair Masters.
Shaun Murphy staged one of snooker's great fightbacks to leave Ali Carter stunned and book a place in Sunday's final of the williamhill.com UK Championship.
Ali Carter saw off Mark Joyce in a convincing performance to become the first man through to the quarter-finals of the UK Championship.
John Higgins held off a comeback from Ali Carter to reach the semi-finals of the Bank of Communication Shanghai Masters.
Ali Carter completed his journey from the brink of retirement to a place in the Betfred.com World Championship final as he inflicted a painful defeat on Stephen Maguire.
Ronnie O'Sullivan looked unstoppable again as he tonight set up a clash with Ali Carter in the World Snooker Championship final.
Ali Carter was considering retirement at the turn of the year, but now a second appearance in the World Championship final beckons for the 32-year-old from Tiptree.
Ali Carter edged 5-3 ahead of Stephen Maguire after an underwhelming opening session of their World Championship semi-final.
Judd Trump suffered a shattering defeat to Ali Carter to bow out of the Betfred.com World Championship in the second round.
Mark Allen put his dispute with Barry Hearn to one side as he reached the quarter-finals of the williamhill.com UK Championship with a comfortable 6-2 win over Ali Carter.
Ken Doherty came from 3-1 down to defeat Ali Carter 4-3 at the Players Tour Championship in Killarney.
Last year's runner-up Graeme Dott held off a fightback by Mark King to win 10-7 and clinch a second-round match against Ali Carter at the World Championships.
Neil Robertson began the defence of his Betfred.com World Championship title by splitting the opening four frames of his first-round match with qualifier Judd Trump.
Peter Ebdon battled through a bout of illness to edge an attritional encounter against Ali Carter 6-5 in the The Masters Snooker at Wembley on Sunday.
Welshman Mark Williams knocked out world number two Ali Carter to earn a place in the last 16 of the World Open in Glasgow.
Ali Carter won the Shanghai Masters with a hard-fought 10-7 victory against Jamie Burnett.
Ali Carter will face Jamie Burnett in the final of the Shanghai Masters after both won their semi-finals with ease today.