World number four Carter has never played Burnett before

Ali Carter recovered from losing the first two frames of his semi-final to beat Mark Selby 6-2 and earn a place in the final of the Shanghai Masters.

After making a poor start, Carter broke his duck in the third despite fouling four times.

A 129 clearance put him 3-2 up and once on top, the world number four took control, with Selby failing to score a point in the final frame.

Carter will meet Jamie Burnett, who beat Jamie Cope 6-1, in Sunday's final.

The Scot grabbed a 4-0 lead as Cope missed a host of chances, failing to compile a break of more than 30 until the fifth frame.

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Cope edged that one 63-48 and Burnett was far from fluent himself, but took full advantage of Cope's struggles to seal his place in the Sunday's final.

Carter and Burnett have never met before, but Carter said he was going into the match feeling optimistic after his strong comeback against Selby.

"From 2-0 down I did very little wrong," said the Englishman, who will be looking to claim his second ranking title, having won last year's Welsh Masters.

"I made a great clearance to go 2-2 and that gave me a lift going into the interval. After that I made good breaks, played solid safety and didn't give Mark many chances."

Burnett's presence in the final means that for the fourth year running, one of the finalists in Shanghai will come from outside the world's top 16, keeping up the pattern established by Dominic Dale (2007), Ricky Walden (2008) and Liang Wenbo (2009).

"Jamie struggled and I had to take advantage, although I didn't score heavily, I needed two or three chances in every frame," said Burnett, 34.

"I'm just happy to be through to my first final. This was my first time on a one-table set-up and it was fantastic, I really enjoyed it. It was a great atmosphere and I hope this event won't be the last time I get this far."

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