Favorite Figueiredo forges on past American Aly
filed on Saturday, February 2, 2019. 11:42pm PT/USA
Igor Figueiredo underlined his position as favorite to win the title as the Brazilian defeated the reigning United States National Snooker Champion, Ahmed Aly Elsayed, to book his place in the semifinals of the 2019 Pan American Sooker Championship at Q Ball Snooker & Pool in Houston, Texas.
It was the player from Brooklyn however who started well by claiming the first frame decisively, but the current World Snooker Federation (WSF) World Seniors Champion hit back in the next frame by squaring the match 1-1 on the colored balls.
Figueiredo then stepped up a gear to accelerate into a 3-1 advantage, and he wrapped up the match after frame five on the last colors to secure a 4-1 success.
Igor Figueiredo (left) pictured with Ahmed Aly Elsayed before their quarterfinal encounter
Photo courtesy of Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Figueiredo's semifinal opponent will be local Houston player Mark White, who came through the quarterfinals after a 4-2 defeat of the twice former United States National Snooker Champion, Ajeya Prabhakar.
Mark White (left) pictured with Ajeya Prabhakar prior to their quarterfinal meeting
Photo courtesy of Syed Hassan
Renat Denkha will be the second United States representative in the semifinals as the Chicagoan displayed some impressive form to overcome Canada's Levi Meiller 4-1, where he will face another Canadian, John White, who advanced through an epic battle against the United States' Mike Collier 4-2 that lasted over five hours and finished after 1am.
The semifinals are due to commence Sunday at 10am CST, and will be played over the best-of-9 frames.
The full Schedule of results and Knockout draw charts can be downloaded by clicking on the following links (PDF format):
» Match schedule and results
» Knockout draw chart
The quarterfinal results as follows:
Quarterfinals
(Best-of-7 frames) |
| Match ID |
Player |
|
Player |
| QF1 |
Igor Figueiredo ( Brazil ) |
4 - 1 |
Ahmed Aly Elsayed ( U.S.A. ) |
| QF2 |
Mark White ( U.S.A. ) |
4 - 2 |
Ajeya Prabhakar ( U.S.A. ) |
| QF3 |
John White ( Canada ) |
4 - 2 |
Mike Collier ( U.S.A. ) |
| QF4 |
Levi Meiller ( Canada ) |
1 - 4 |
Renat Denkha ( U.S.A. ) |
The semifinal draw as follows:
Semifinals
(Best-of-9 frames) |
| Match ID |
Player |
|
Player |
| SF1 |
Igor Figueiredo ( Brazil ) |
vs. |
Mark White ( U.S.A. ) |
| SF2 |
John White ( Canada ) |
vs. |
Renat Denkha ( U.S.A. ) |
Results and reports from the 2019 Pan American Snooker Championship will appear here on SnookerUSA.com.
