Carter made a break of 139 and will now face Shaun Murphy, who edged out Joe Perry 6-5 and made a break of 144.
Wild card round
Liang Wenbo 6-4 Lin Yongzhi
42-62, 51-40, 17-72, 53-37, 85(81)-32, 87-24, 135(120)-0, 43-63, 1-66, 94(87)-0
Group A (Joe Perry, Ricky Walden, Mark Davis, Jimmy White)
Joe Perry 0 - 4 Mark Davis
39-78, 41-81(74), 8-110(110), 28-88
Ricky Walden 4-2 Jimmy White
89-13, 12-67(64), 49-54, 78-22, 75-4, 65-54
Mark Davis 3-4 Jimmy White
74-13, 97(97)-0, 70(63)-0, 4-85(85), 64-70, 0-91, 34-86(75)
Ricky Walden 0-4 Joe Perry
5-121(115), 34-85(54), 8-113(104), 55-67
Ricky Walden 1-4 Mark Davis
49-71, 18-64, 0-104(104), 72-1, 11-60
Joe Perry 4-3 Jimmy White
4-78(78), 80-22, 140(136)-0, 82(76)-1, 6-52, 10-109(108), 64-45
Group B (Shaun Murphy, Marco Fu, Ali Carter, Liang Wenbo)
Shaun Murphy 4 - 1 Liang Wenbo
64-9, 70(52)-17, 63-29, 48-68, 74-51
Marco Fu 1 - 4 Ali Carter
1-65(55), 24-70(55), 0-97(55), 66-33, 33-69
Shaun Murphy 4-1 Ali Carter
92(92)-17, 72-45, 64-52, 27-106(63), 64-5
Marco Fu 3-4 Liang Wenbo
0-93, 82(64)-3, 74(74)-0, 53-66, 0-93(80), 134(92)-0, 24-82(69)
Ali Carter 4-2 Liang Wenbo
0-134(90), 21-107(107), 71(70)-32, 69-0, 106(105)-7, 59-13
Shaun Murphy 4-2 Marco Fu
88-30, 64-49, 101(101)-1, 16-73(73), 0-80, 85-8
Semi-finals
Ali Carter 6-2 Mark Davis
75(75)-1, 59(55)-73(65), 70-69, 0-82(82), 139(139)-0, 81(63)-0, 60-48, 73-43
Shaun Murphy 6-5 Joe Perry
96(95)-0, 0-95(95), 74-47, 144(144)-0, 83(74)-36, 33-66, 0-98(60), 30-97(97), 99(57)-0, 8-116(85), 80(80)-5
