Sara Rocha

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Sara Rocha
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Sara Rocha is a Portuguese professional pool player. [1] Rocha is a two time European Pool Championship team event winner, having won in both 2018 and 2019 with partner Vania Franco. [2] [3] Rocha is a two-time semi-finalist of events on the Euro Tour, having reached this stage at both the 2018 Veldhoven Open, and the 2019 Austria Open. [4]

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