Posts tagged Ali Carter

Mr. Consistent lifts the Welsh Open trophy

With Stephen Maguire, reigning champion Ali Carter and the world’s best player Ronnie O’Sullivan all in the semi-finals of the 2010 Welsh Open – John Higgins didn’t particularly stand out as the favourite to win the Welsh Open despite being snooker’s ‘Mr. Consistent’.
The Scot’s convincing 5-2 win against Mark Selby should have been a clear [...]

Carter marches on

The reigning Welsh Open champion Ali Carter faced a stern test in the form of Neil Robertson at the Newport Centre yesterday, but once again proved his worth in this rankings tournament with a performance sure to make him a strong favourite for a place in Sunday’s final.
A comfortable 5-2 victory against the Australian was [...]

Champion Carter through to second round

The current holder of the Welsh Open title, Ali Carter, comfortably beat Mark Davis in the first round of this year’s tournament with a convincing 5-1 victory.
It was an ominous start from the 30-year-old, who hit a 120 break in his first frame to put Davis firmly on the back foot.
Carter’s opponent did equaliser in [...]

Preview: 2010 Welsh Open

Hot off the heels of last weekend’s epic Masters final between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Selby comes the first rankings tournament of the year. The Welsh Open is regarded by some players as one of the best in the snooker calendar despite a winning prize which pales in comparison to that of the World Championships.
Hosted [...]

Whiplashed Williams waltzes into quarters

Mark Williams had suffered the effects of whiplash after a minor car crash on Monday evening and felt sore throughout his second round Masters match against Ali Carter; but this had little effect on the Welshman’s performance as he fought bravely through the pain barrier and defeated his opponent 6-3 in the process.
Williams and seven-time [...]

Impressive Maguire knocks out hot-stepper King

Stephen Maguire advanced into the quarter-finals of the Masters last night with a 6-3 win against the tournament’s pre-match entertainer.
Maguire saw off the challenge of the man now dubbed in some quarters as “the hot-stepper”, Mark King, after his antics in Sunday’s wildcard round match against Jimmy White.
King once again entertained the crowd on his [...]

Delighted Murphy advances to quarters at Hendry’s expense

Stephen Hendry was knocked out of the Masters yesterday evening in the second round of the tournament, losing a pulsating 6-4 match against Shaun Murphy at Wembley Arena.
The Scot already had six Masters titles to his name before taking to the table last night, but was bidding to make it seven with another victory this [...]

Snooker looks to Hearns to provide big break

The year began, as always, with the prestigious Masters tournament at the Wembley Arena in London. Defending champion was Mark Selby who went all the way to the final only to be defeated by Ronnie O’Sullivan, thereby taking his fourth Masters title.
O’Sullivan did have a great tournament, making eight century breaks despite having smashed his [...]

Ding to meet Maguire in semis

Yesterday’s UK Championship quarter-finals turned out to be quite exciting. The match between Ali Carter and Ding Junhui in particular was a true thriller.
Ding tried to repeat last year’s feat of a maximum break and almost made it, but failed after having potted 12 red balls. Carter on the other hand entered the “century of [...]

Ding fails to dominate as Carter plays it safe

Ali Carter met Ding Junhui in one of this afternoon’s first quarter finals. 
Carter opened the first frame with a 124 break and Ding had to remain seated.
In the next frame, Ding managed to take 21 points but then had to hand over the table to Carter who quickly got stuck on a red ball and [...]