After a goalless first half, Central Secretariat went on the offensive and finally broke through in the 45th minute when mid-fielder Chandan Singh cashed in on a goalline melee. But Oriental hit back and Vivek Sharma equalised in the 51st minute. Earlier, despite a spirited show by the ageing Delhi Development Authority side, they lost out to a young Bank of India team in a Group A match.

BOI's C. M Handsa found the target with a stinging right footer late in the first half to put his team ahead 1-0. Ekta, Reshmy in quarterfinalsTop seed Ekta Bhambri and second seed Reshmy R Nair moved into the quarterfinals of the Salora Summer Open Table Tennis Tournament at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium here on Tuesday.

Men's singles (3rd round): Gaurav Goel bt Amit Jain 21-16, 21-13; Abhishek Puri bt Deepak Babbar 21-15, 21-13; Rajan Rajpal bt Prabhat Agarwal 21-13, 21-16; Sushil Tekchandani bt Ram Inder Singh 21-18, 21-9; Amit Chugh bt Ashish Gupta 21-17, 21-18; Gaurav E bt Gautam Verma 21-14, 21-16; Dilshad Ali Khan bt Ankit Gupta 21-17, 21-11.

Women's singles (p-qf): Ekta Bhambri bt Ritu Rana 21-12, 21-12; Meenu Babbar bt Manu K C 21-16, 21-17; Pratima Sayal bt Tarun Wadhwa 21-14, 21-9; Mansi Sachdeva bt Poonam Arora 21-10, 21-8; Leena Kalra bt Smitha Kapoor 17-21, 21-18, 21-15; Monika bt Esha Bhambri 21-11, 21-16; Reshmy R Nair bt Chitra Gupta 21-7, 21-9.