Strong favourites Geet Sethi and Devendra Joshi moved into the billiards final of the Shivaji Park Gymkhana All India [ Images ] Open Invitation tournament in Mumbai [ Images ] on Friday.

Former world professional champion Sethi outclassed Railway cueist K Venkatesham 1312-360, with as many as six breaks of over 100, the highest being of 372 which flatened his rival.

India number one Joshi started off with a century break against another seasoned campaigner Ashok Shandilya, before the latter conceded the tie soon after he had a break of 50.

Sethi and Joshi have also made it to the snooker quarter finals along with Manan Chandra, Aditya Mehta, Rupesh Shah, Kamal Chawla, Shandilya and Alok Kumar.

Results: Billiards (Semi finals): Geet Sethi bt B Venkatesham 1312 (58, 45, 48,, 122, 54, 113, 202, 129, 372)- 360; (77, 107); Devendra Joshi bt Ashok Shandilya 1123 (109) - 50 (50) conceded.

Snooker: Group B: Geet Sethi bt Neeraj Kumar 27-62, 53-54, 75-35, 71-3, 62-41. Group D: Rupesh Shah bt Siddharth Anand 47-39, 69-47, 66-7; Ashok Shandilya bt Dharminder Lilly 73-53, 60-44, 59-60, 53-42.