Captain Carter Flies To Second
Ali Carter is up to second place in the world rankings following his victory in the Roewe Shanghai Masters.
The player nicknamed The Captain beat Jamie Burnett 10-7 in the final to win the second ranking title of his career, after the 2009 Welsh Open. He’s up to second in the rankings, behind only John Higgins, who is banned until November.
“I just want to win as many titles as I can in my career. If you keep getting to the business end of tournaments then you will have chances to win them and that’s what I’ve done. It wasn’t the best match, but those are the ones where winning is what matters,” said Tiptree’s 31-year-old Carter.
Glasgow’s Burnett had never previously reached the semi-finals of a ranking event, and though he finished as runner-up he jumps to 29th place on the list, having started the season 37th.
The losing semi-finalists in Shanghai were Mark Selby and Jamie Cope, who now stand ninth and 13th respectively.
As one of the innovations on the World Snooker Tour this season, the rankings now work as a two-year rolling list, so the points for the 2008 Northern Ireland Trophy and Roewe Shanghai Masters have been removed.
After the 12BET.com World Open in Glasgow, which runs from September 18 to 26, the points for the 2008 Grand Prix will be removed, then after the EPTC event in Belgium from September 30 to October 3, the seeding list will be updated.
The top 16 players at that cut-off point will qualify automatically for the televised stages of the UK Championship in Telford in December and the prestigious Masters at Wembley Arena in January.
