Name of the sports person: Arantxa Lael Sanchis
Discipline: Snooker, Billiards
Date of birth: 27-04-1990
State: Maharashtra
Achievements and Awards:
• 15th National Ladies Billiards & Snooker Championship-2007.
• Maharashtra State Ladies Selection & Ranking.
Facts about Arantxa Lael Sanchis:
• Ranked 4th among the World under 21 players having lost in the Semi-Finals at the World U 21 Snooker Championship held in Goa, India from 21 - 31 Aug 2007. She defeated the top seed Ramona Belmont in the league encounter.
• She participated for the first time in the Indian Nationals Women’s Snooker & Billiards Championship 2007 and performed highly defeating Karnataka No 2 Sridevi 2-0, losing 2-1 to Top Ranked Chitra Magimairaj in Billiards and to high ranked veteran Uma Devi 2-1 in Snooker.
• Awarded the Most Promising player in an Open All Men tournament conducted by the Royal Western India Turf Club at Pune in 2006 for a notable performance.
• Defeated former National Snooker Champion Usha Khandelwal in a Open tournament in Pune in 2005.
• Ranked 2nd in Maharashtra in 2007, defeated former National Snooker Champion Heena Khandelwal 3:0 in the Semi Finals and lost to Meenal Thakur 3:1 in the Final
Profile
Arantxa participated in both Billiards and Snooker and performed remarkably well in her first Nationals, giving a scare to reigning World Billiards Champion Chitra Magimairaj of Karnataka in Billiards (Lost 2-1) and defeating high ranked Karnataka player Sridevi in Snooker in straight sets, thereby qualifying in her pool for the Pre-Quarter Finals in which she almost upset veteran Uma Devi of Karnataka, losing 2-1.
