Rupesh Shah and Dhruv Sitwala, both from ONGC, will fight it out for top honours in billiards at the 8th PSPB inter-unit billiards and snooker tournament at the KSBA here on Wednesday.
In the semifinals Rupesh disposed off teammate Sourav Kothari while Dhruv disposed off BPCL's Shahbaaz Adil Khan.
Rupesh had accounted for Pankaj Advani in the quarterfinals.
In the snooker event Sourav Kothari put it across national champion Aditya Mehta 3-2 in an early round match.
The results: Billiards: Ranked players: Semifinals (Best of 5: 150 up): Rupesh Shah (PNGC) bt Sourav Kothari (ONGC) 150 (75)-46, 99-150 (94), 150-4, 150 (115)-49; Dhruv Sitwala (ONGC) bt Shahbaaz Adil Khan (BPCL) 150-92, 151-127, 83-150, 150-71.
Quarterfinals (Best of 5 – 100 up): Shahbaaz Adil Khan bt Brijesh Damani (OCL) 64-100, 68-101, 100-61, 101-92, 102-02; Rupesh Shah bt Pankaj Advani (ONGC) 100-67, 6-102, 100 (89)-35, 102 (80)-5; Dhruv Sitwala bt Devendra Joshi (BPCL) 100-36, 100-37, 102-61; Souav Kothari bt Alok Kumar (ONGC) 100 (72)-52, 100 (75)-29, 100-65.
Billiards: Non Ranked: Semifinals (1 hour – 30 minutes): Arif Akhtar (IOCL) bt Rachit Madan (GAIL) 376 (115)-146; Satish K. Saini (GAIL) bt Kishore Singal (GAIL) 178-102.
Snooker (Non Ranked players – Best of 3): Kishore Singhal (GAIL) bt A. Kamalapuri 32-22, 39-20; Praveen Kumar (GAIL) bt A.P. Sharma (OIL) 56-44, 49-45; P.B. Sarma (OIL) bt Rahul Pateria (GAIL) 30-21, 43-40; S.K. Saini (GAIL) bt S.K. Sharma (OIL) 64-23, 47-15; J.K. Kotoki (OIL) bt B. Bhagawati (OIL) 27-17, 21-17.
Snooker (Ranked players – Best of 5): Manan Chandra (PBCL) bt Rishab Pandya (IOCL) 23-86, 79 -1, 86-22, 64 -0; Devendra Joshi (BPCL) bt Lalrina Rentheli (BPCL) 80-1, 10-65, 63-49, 35-55, 81-40; Malkeet Singh (IOC) bt Alok Kumar (ONGC) 78-15, 58-30, 66-0; Sourav Kothari (ONGC) bt Aditya Mehta (IOCL) 19-72, 52-13, 44-59, 71-16, 105-0; Brijesh Damani bt Rupesh Shah 60-26, 8-68, 37-69, 93-7, 70-14.
