Ali Carter won the Shanghai Masters with a hard-fought 10-7 victory against Jamie Burnett, yesterday.

The first session had been a tight affair with neither player able to take control. However, the Essex man found some rhythm as the contest wore on and managed to produce the second major win of his career.

The lead swapped several times in a keenly-contested morning session. Carter won the ninth frame to lead 5-4 at the break. He also claimed the 10th to open up a lead and while Burnett clawed back the 11th, a 72 earned him the 12th.

Again Burnett fought back, eventually getting to 8-7 behind, but a 64 in the 16th put Carter within a frame of victory and from there he closed it out to pick up £60,000 in prize money.

“I’m delighted to have won another title,” Carter said.

“It was a tough match and the conditions were difficult. There was a lot of dampness and that had an effect on the way the table played.”