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Sethi advances

MUMBAI: Geet Sethi fell back on big match experience to thwart a spirited challenge from Sarang Shroff 4-0 and ensured a semifinal clash with Asian runner-up Yasin Merchant in the inaugural Nahar Group-MIG all-India invitation snooker at the MIG Club on Friday. The results: Quarterfinals: Geet Sethi (Guj) bt Sarang Shroff (Mum) 67-19, 81-79, 75-31, 82(53)-45; Yasin Merchant (Mum) bt Alok Kumar (PSPB) 52-46, 0-135(59,76), 77-34, 32-86 (62), 74-45, 57-43; Manan Chandra (PSPB) bt Rupesh Shah (Gu j) 0-105 (105), 69 (37)-10, 97 (81)-0, 53 (43) -56 (55), 69-48, 73-42; Aditya Mehta (Mum) bt Brijesh Damani (Kolkata) 59-34, 65-23, 69-65. — Special Correspondent

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