Xinhua News Agency, Sheffield, May 6 (Reporter, Prince Jiang) trumpu, the world’s seventh-ranking player, defeated Higgins, the four-time champion, by 18:9 in the final of the World Snooker Championship held here on the 6th, winning the World Championship for the first time.
The expected fierce duel finally turned into a one-sided performance of Trump. After playing 4:4 in the first stage of the previous day, Trump won 8 consecutive games in the second stage, leading by 12:5. In the third stage of that afternoon, Higgins pulled back four games, but trumpu still dominated by 16:9, and he could win as long as he won two more games.
In the fourth stage of the evening, 29-year-old trumpu did not give any chance to his opponent, and shot 94 points and 62 points in a single shot respectively to easily lock in the victory, become the first world champion under the age of 30 in 9 years. Higgins, known as the Wizard, lost in the finals for the third consecutive year.
This victory also made trumpu report the “revenge of one arrow” that he lost to Higgins in the final eight years ago. At that time, only 21-year-old trumpu lost the lead of 10:7, reversed by experienced Higgins.
“I can’t believe that I have achieved such a result.” Trump from Bristol, a city in western England, said, “I have been working hard for this victory, and everyone around me has paid a lot for me.”
He also said: “Every time I played against John (Higgins) before, I had to raise my level to the highest level, but it was still difficult to beat him. This may be my best performance in the competition.”
Hikins won the championship here as early as 1998, and then he was crowned three times in 2007, 2009 and 2011. He is one of the most successful snooker players in history. This was also his eighth time to enter the final. Although he lost three times in the final, the 43-year-old Scot was still very excited and said he was convinced to lose.
“I was very lucky to witness his game without buying a ticket. He played so well. In fact, I was lucky to win 9 games.”
Higgins also said, “I didn’t expect to enter the final at all. As a result, I met an irresistible machine in the final.”
Davis, who won the World Championship six times, called this final one of the “greatest” showcases in history. There were 11 century in the whole game, which was the most one in the snooker game. Among them, there were 7 century in trumpu, which tied the previous records maintained by Hendry and Ding Junhui.
Trumpu has also become the 11th player in history to complete the “Grand Slam”, that is, to win the champion of the English, Masters and World Championships. He is also the first player to win the Masters and World Championships in the same season since Mark Williams in 2003. He also won the Northern Ireland Open and the World Grand Prix this season.
This year’s world championship prize is as high as 500000 pounds (about 4.4 million yuan), a record high, and the total prize of Trump this season is 1.0984 million pounds (about 9.666 million yuan), become the first player in history who has a total bonus of over million pounds in a single season.