In an exciting semifinal match, Sethi came back strongly after being 1-5 down at one stage to beat the chellenge of Delhi's Sidharth Anand. Sethi finally won 7-5.

In the other semifinal, Shandilya defeated the other Delhi representative, Amit Sharma, 7-4. In the quarterfinals earlier in the day, Sethi defeated Delhi's Manan Chandra 7-4 while Ashok Shandilya eliminated Mukesh Rehani (Delhi) 7-5 to move into the semifinals.

In the two other quarterfinals, Amit Sharma defeated statemate Loju Thukral 7-4 while Sidharth Anand accounted for Feroz Ali, also from Delhi, with a 7-4 verdict.The 24-player, four group round-robin league matches were earlier completed on three tables with the top two players from each group moving into the quarterfinals.

This is the first-ever major Pool tournament being held in the Capital. It is being conducted as a preparation for the Asian Games in Bangkok in December this year The billiards pool event has been included as a competitive discipline in the Asian Games at Bangkok in December this yearThere will be as many as 12 medals at stake for the Pool game (nine ball Pool Single and nine-ball Pool Double).