Pune Cueist Arantxa Wins Bronze Medal
Maharashtra cueist Arantxa Sanchis added another feather in her cap when she clinched a bronze medal in the women's competition of the IBSF Snooker Championships which concluded in Antalya, Turkey on Saturday.
Mumbai, Nov 10 (PTI) Maharashtra cueist Arantxa Sanchis added another feather in her cap when she clinched a bronze medal in the women's competition of the IBSF Snooker Championships which concluded in Antalya, Turkey on Saturday.
Arantxa went down fighting to Nutcharat Wongharuthai of Thailand by a narrow 4-2 (89-1, 39-66, 78-32, 26-54, 73-31 and 65-15) in the best-of-7-frame semi-final and had to settle for the bronze medal.
This was the Pune-based Arantxa's sixth medal in international competition, a media release issued here said on Sunday.
In the second semi-final, Ng On Yee of Hong Kong China prevailed over Thailands Waratthanun Sukritthanes 4-3.
Earlier in the quarter-finals, Arantxa potted steadily and quite consistently to put it across China's Bai Yulu 4-3 (72-38, 1-66, 66-57, 2-84, 65-31, 16-100, 78-12) to progress to the penultimate round.
Ng On Yee emerged champion after defeating Thailand's Nutcharat Wongharuthai (Thailand) by a convincing 5-2 frame scores, it added.
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