With millions of people watching the event around the world, he admitted reaching it was “a great achievement”.
“I’ve kind of been steadily improving over the years on the pro-tour circuit, like the four events and Euro tour stages… but to actually make the worlds is like that childhood dream come true.
“[It’s] not just so much the prize money, but the doors everything opens.
“It’s the world championships, a great opportunity, it’s life-changing. Everything’s there to push on and try and achieve those goals.”
The Coventry University business degree graduate’s nickname is The Scholar, coined by a previous sponsor, he explained.
Dennant’s walk-on song for matches is also relevant to the West Midlands, he said.
“It’s Red Right Hand by the Arctic Monkeys, linked to the Black Country with the [TV drama] Peaky Blinders’ theme tune.”
