In the final qualifying matches played today at the NSCI, Adnani thrashed Anuj Uppal, 56-48, 58-48, 76-55, 69-55.

Shah cracked a break of 45 in the third frame to score a 68-26, 65-0, 62-11, 53-8 victory over Ramesh Sadragani.

Anish Sarin stretched the qualifying match against Jagtiani to the maximum seven frames before losing the decider 43-53, 26-70, 51-36, 23-75, 50-45, 73-43, 63-16.

In a late match, Dossa became the final qualifier to enter the main draw overcoming Nikhil Ootam 65-11, 56-22, 66-29, 48-53, 77-19.

Mumbai's Devendra Joshi is the top seed here followed by Ashik Shandilya. Yasin Merchant (Mumbai), Rafat Habib (Chennai). Rupesh Shah (Ahmedabad), Siddharth Rao (Bangalore) and Nalin Patel (Mumbai) are the other well-knownplayers to wield the cue tomorrow.

RESULTS (Final qualifying day)

Anuj Uppal bt Viresh Prabhu 3-1 (83-17, 47-54, 54-27, 69-13); Manish Adnani bt Rakesh Trivedi 3-2 (29-73, 70-55, 62-33, 20-71, 65-6); Vicky Jagtiani bt Raju Adnani 3-2 (12-67, 32-70, 60-49, 63-57, 62-58); Anish Sarin bt Sandeep Gulrajani 3-2 (18-58, 55-11, 47-24, 35-60, 54-2); Nishant Dossa bt Lionel D'Souza 3-1 (67-47, 28-37, 59-1, D'Souza had to forfeit one frame for reaching late); Nikhil Ootam bt Amit Sapru 3-0 (58-34, 43-12, 81-1); Ritesh Shah bt Rajat Taneja 3-2 (23-55, 34-63, 47-39, 56-47, 69-26); Ramesh Sadragani bt Sumer Verma 3-2 (76-74, 48-67, 71-0, 8-74, 61-30)

Main draw qualifying matches: Manish Adnani bt Anuj Uppal 4-0 (56-48, 58-48, 76-55, 69-55); Ritesh Shah bt Ramesh Sadragani 4-0 (68-26, 65-0, 62-1, 53-8); Vicky Jagtiani bt Anish Sarin 4-3 (45-53, 26-70, 51-36, 23-75, 50-45, 73-43, 63-16)

Sutarwar prevail

Sutarwar (Sahar) scored a solitary goal victory over Rhino in the MDFA-conducted Harwoodfootball league at the St Xaiver's ground, Parel, today.

After a goalless first-half, Sutarwar combined well and their efforts bore fruit when Elton Rodrigues capitalised on a rebound to score the only goal of the match.

Rhino had a chance in the closing minutes to equalise, but an Ashish Bhoir header hit the crosspiece and the rebound was collected by Sutarwar goalkeeper Trevor Fernandes.

Earlier, Fatima Parish (Sewree) scored a comfortable 2-0 triumph over Royal in the Division III-B encounter.

Ajay Kamble and Vallenci D'Souza were the goal-getters for Fatima.