Ali Carter has been officially named World Snooker number 2, the rankinsg which update now more often than they used too, means that rankings are based on game on game performance rather than yearly performance. But after a flying start to Captain Carter's seasons after he won the Rowe Shanghai Masters, have scored him enough ranking points to safely root him close to the top, even though his performance at the world open meant that he failed to make it in the last 32.
“Being ranked as second in the world is great. I don’t feel that the rankings mean as much as they used to with the three cut-off points during the season however you always aspire to reach the top of your sport and I have almost been able to do that,” Carter went on to discuss, his dissapointment at missing out on the world open top spot.
“It was also bit of a rush between the two tournaments. I wasn’t back from China until late on the Monday and then wasn’t really back in the land of the living until the Wednesday then flew to Glasgow on Friday for my match on the Saturday.” Now with a time space of two months between the next championship matches, which will see Telford hold the UK Championships sponsored by Pukka Pies. While waiting for the Uk Championship however the long awaited arrival of Power Snooker will keep Ali Carter on his toes and keep his sharpness at its best.
“Between now and the UK Championship we have the PTC events and these will help the players to keep up practice in a match situation. I missed out on playing in Bruges at the weekend as it was my sons first birthday – it was too special a moment to miss.”
When asked for his views on the Power Snooker format, Carter added: “I really like it and I am pleased to be involved in the Power Snooker. I think we all will enjoy having a bit of everything in the snooker calendar."
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