ALI Carter banished the memories of last week’s “bad day at the office” with a superb 4-0 win over Anthony Hamilton at the Dafabet Scottish Open.

Colchester-born Carter crashed out of the Betway UK Championship after a first-round 6-2 loss to Jimmy White but swiftly put that loss behind him with his performance in Glasgow.

The world number 13 didn’t hang around at the Emirates Arena, winning the first frame 108-1 against Hamilton, ranked 16 places lower in the world standings.

Carter then made a break of 125 in the second and wrapped up the match swiftly, only allowing his opponent 15 points across the entire contest.

“Sometimes in these best-of-sevens you need to start well and I did that in the first frame, had a century in the second and then at 2-0 down he’s not had a shot and he’s under pressure,” said Carter.

“I could see he was struggling and I capitalised.

“I was bitterly disappointed coming off the back of the UK Championship, losing my first round there.

"Obviously Jimmy (White) played well but, evaluating myself, I just didn’t enjoy it and when I got home I had to change a few things.

“I’ve lightened the load on myself and I’m determined to come here this week and have a good run.

“I dealt with it all last week.

"There are tournaments every week now so you’ve just got to say to yourself ‘I had a bad day at the office’ and that’s all there is to it.

“You come back again next week and there’s another tournament.

"The trouble is when I have a bad day at the office everyone knows about it.

“If you had a normal job you just come back tomorrow and have another crack at it.”

The Captain will face either Scotland’s Ross Vallance or fellow Englishman Ashley Hugill in the second round, with Carter targeting a good performance throughout the week.

“I’m looking forward to it this next week and we’ll see how it goes,” he added.

“I’ve missed a few tournaments out so I’m looking to have a strong back end of the season.”

Watch the Scottish Open LIVE on Eurosport, Eurosport Player and Quest with Andy Goldstein and analysis from Jimmy White and Neal Foulds.