Ashok Shandilya rattled up four century breaks on way to a comprehensive victory over his Railways mate Mohammed Asim in the billiards quarter-finals of the Rs 4,25,000 Shivaji Park Gymkhana All India [ Images ] Open Invitation tournament in Mumbai [ Images ] on Thursday.

The national number five came up with breaks of 129, 183, 109 and 170 to overwhelm Asim 860-599 to enter the last four.

Also through to the semi-finals was former world professional champion Geet Sethi, who drubbed Rupesh Shah 911-492.

Sethi strung together a double century sequence of 256 before compiling another three-figure run.

Results:

Billiards (Quarter-finals): K Venkatesham 790 (207, 74, 60, 50) bt Arun Agrawal 639 (106, 66, 165); Ashok Shandilya 860 (129, 183, 109, 170) bt Mohd Asim 599 (77, 62, 177); Geet Sethi 911 (256) bt Rupesh Shah 492.

Snooker (round robin): Lucky Vatnani bt Chirag Ramkrishnan 6-96, 65-28, 68-54, 56-7; Rupesh Shah bt Brijesh Damani 34-77, 26-69, 87-1, 62-22, 72-14; Manan Chandra bt Aditya Mehta 80-37, 106-13, 10-138, 68-27; Dharminder Lilly bt Viresh Prabhu 86-36, 33-29, 60-29; Rafath Habib bt Brijesh Damani 69-27, 95-29, 73-34.