Harish Mirchandani of Mumbai and Tanish Janjaria of Indore scored upset wins to enter the semi final round at the 4th edition of the “Poona Club -Manisha Open and Invitational Snooker Championship 2009”in collaboration with Manisha Construction being organised at the Poona Club tables.In the quarter-finals played today 18th seed Harish Mirchandani of Mumbai outplayed 4th seeded R Girish of Railway 75-27, 67-54, 56-46 while Tanish Janjaria toppled 15th seed Sonu Gurudatta of Poona Club 69-36, 56-29, 63-01 to enter the semi finals.

Pre-quarter round matches:

R.Girish (Railway, S-4) bt Rahul Baleria (Calcutta) 66-52, 69-24, 58-34; Manish Jain (Indore) bt Rohit Gandhi (Nagpur) 76-08, 66-34, 78-22; Sanu Gurudatta (Poona Club, S-15) bt Roshan Mirchandani (Mum, S-13) 15-76, 64-15, 10-63(53), 63-08, 55-45; Tanish Janjaria (Indore) bt Kapil Panjabi (Poona Club) 56-47, 53-10, 50-76, 64-78, 63-36;

Quarterfinals:

1. Harish Mirchandani (Mum, S-18) bt R.Girish (Railway, S-4) 75-27, 67-54, 56-46;

2. Tanish Janjaria (Indore) bt Sonu Gurudatta (Poona Club, S-15) 69-36, 56-29, 63-01.