South America's First Brother Won the First Grand Slam before the Senior World Championships

On the evening of May 12, Beijing time, the 2024 snooker world championships ended. Igor Figueiredo, a Brazilian player, won the championship of the event for the first time with a big score of 5-2 over Ken Dahdi, an Irish veteran who scored one shot and two shots 50+, after missing one match point by virtue of three shots 70+.

The 2024 Snooker World Championships will be held at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield, England, from May 8 to 12 local time. A total of 16 players participated in this competition. In terms of competition system, the first round and quarter finals adopt the best of five game system, the semi-final adopts the best of seven game system, and the final adopts the best of nine game system.

Igo Figorado, a 46 year old Brazilian player, won the qualification to participate in this event as the champion of the Pan US Dollar Old Championship. In the competition, he successively defeated Tessa Davidson, the champion of the World Women's Seniors Championship, Jimmy White, the "quadruple champion" and defending champion, Tony Dragao, the "Snooker Tornado", and Ken Dahdi, the champion of the 1997 World Championships. He lost only four games and won the championship.

This is the first time Figorado has won the WST Professional Tour championship in his career. In his speech after the game, he said: "This champion is not only important to me, but more important to American snooker."

For Ken Dahedi, the "Dublin darling", he still has to wait to complete an alternative "Grand Slam" - at present, he is already the champion of the World Amateur Championships, U-21 World Championships and World Championships, just one elder World Championships.

(Qingling)