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Ali Carter relishing world title bid as hot streak continues at Players Championship snooker – 'I'm at home there'

Ali Carter has lost twice in World Championship finals to snooker GOAT Ronnie O'Sullivan, but feels his form is good enough to go one better in Sheffield this year. Carter followed up his 6-5 victory over Judd Trump in the first round of the Players Championship with a 6-1 quarter-final drubbing of Welsh Open champion Robert Milkins on Wednesday night to reach the semi-finals in Wolverhampton. Ad After lifting a second German Masters title at the outset of the month with a 10-3 win against Tom Ford, Carter – a world finalist in 2008 and 2012 – admits he is finding top form at exactly the right time ahead of the sport's biggest event in April.

Ronnie O’Sullivan overcomes tip problems and forfeited frame to beat Ross Muir in dramatic Welsh Open match

Ronnie O’Sullivan overcame tip problems and a forfeited frame in a highly dramatic 4-3 win against Ross Muir in the second round of the Welsh Open. O’Sullivan’s tip came off twice in the opening two frames but he kept his head and found himself 3-2 in front. Ad However, he then lost the sixth frame due to the three-miss rule which sent the match to a decider, which he won to book a place in the last 32, where he will play Matthew Stevens or Rod Lawler.

Riley Powell, 14, shoots lights out against Wilson

Teenager Riley Powell followed Vladislav Gradinari as the second 14-year-old to make round two of the one-frame BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out in Leicester with victory over world number eight Kyren Wilson.

O'Sullivan: I don't want to play snooker at the moment

World champion Ronnie O'Sullivan eased into the last 16 of the UK Championship with a 6-2 win over Matthew Stevens but then admitted to feeling "impostor syndrome" and not wanting to play snooker right now.

Allen to play Brown in all-Irish pairing in UK Championship draw

Mark Allen will play his fellow Northern Irishman Jordan Brown in the first round of the UK Championship.

Ding Junhui, Joe Perry, Anthony McGill and Matthew Stevens qualify for Scottish Open snooker

Ding Junhui, Joe Perry and Matthew Stevens showed their class to advance to the last 64 of the Scottish Open on Tuesday. Ding overcame Eliot Slessor with knocks of 68, 125, 120 and 51 to reach the last 64 against the former British Open semi-finalist Slessor, who contributed 79 in the fourth frame.

British Open 2022 snooker LIVE – Zhao Xintong v Noppon Saengkham before Judd Trump in afternoon action

Welcome Judd Trump will be the top drawer at the British Open this afternoon with the Bristolian in action against Xu Si on Thursday. Ad Join us shortly for our live text updates from the event with Zhao Xintong v Noppon Saengkham another key match to follow. British OpenSelby edges past Cao to seal place in last 16, faces Lisowski next15 HOURS AGO Today's schedule 13:00 Ding Junhui [49] v Robbie Williams [60] Craig Steadman [59] v Matthew Stevens [55] Jimmy Robertson [63] v Ryan Day [27] Zhao Xintong [64] v Noppon Saengkham [36] 14:00 Zhao Jianbo [50] v Yuan SiJun [67] Yan Bingtao [53] v Jordan Brown [21] Gary Wilson [55] v Mark Allen [13] Xu Si [56] v Judd Trump [2] O'Sullivan conqueror reveals sad reason for weight loss Alexander Ursenbacher admitted earlier this week that the death of his pet cat prompted him to unintentionally shed weight ahead of his shock 4-1 win over Ronnie O'Sullivan in the British Open first round.

Joe Perry edges out Matthew Stevens in thriller to secure Northern Ireland Open snooker place

Joe Perry won the final two frames to complete a 4-3 victory against former world finalist Matthew Stevens in Northern Ireland Open qualifying in Wigan. Welsh Open holder Perry made two 56 breaks in the first three frames, but Stevens – runner-up at the Crucible in 2000 and 2005 – moved 3-2 clear courtesy of a 74, 61 and 85 on Saturday at the Robin Park Leisure Centre. Ad With the pressure mounting, Perry – who defeated 9-5 Judd Trump to lift his first major trophy at the Welsh in March – responded strongly as closing efforts of 54 and 56 secured his last-64 spot in Belfast (17-23 October live on Eurosport).

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Ali Carter relishing world title bid as hot streak continues at Players Championship snooker – 'I'm at home there'

Ronnie O’Sullivan overcomes tip problems and forfeited frame to beat Ross Muir in dramatic Welsh Open match

Riley Powell, 14, shoots lights out against Wilson

O'Sullivan: I don't want to play snooker at the moment

Allen to play Brown in all-Irish pairing in UK Championship draw

Ding Junhui, Joe Perry, Anthony McGill and Matthew Stevens qualify for Scottish Open snooker

British Open 2022 snooker LIVE – Zhao Xintong v Noppon Saengkham before Judd Trump in afternoon action

Joe Perry edges out Matthew Stevens in thriller to secure Northern Ireland Open snooker place