Borivli Rangers scored first after Cafe Royal had threatened several times. A Cafe Royal defender handled the ball inside the area and from the resultant award, Ovrille Gonsalves converted.

In the penultimate minute, from a flag kick, Vasania headed down the ball to neutralise Rangers' lead.

In the tie-breaker, Jennio Fialho, Vincent Gamre, Hasan Kamal, Leroy Nunes scored for Royal while only Sushant Gurav, Benoy Kuruvilla, Prashant Nerkar were successful for the losing team.

Chandra chews up Chawla

M Chandra defeated S Chawla (4-3) 44-54, 64-19, 36-70, 39-71, 65-26, 57-56, 60-32 in a thrilling second-round match of the Garware Club House Open snooker tournament, sponsored byAlpic Finance, yesterday.

Other Results

Snooker (2nd-round): R Shah bt NK Hemdev (4-1) 66-47, 63-40, 100-3, 10-76, 69-39; S Ahmed bt A Kapadia (4-2) 75-62, 57-45, 33-47, 34-56, 85-56, 50-49; R Thukaral bt S Parekh (4-0) 89-0, 82-17, 92-31, 51-42; Amit Saboo bt R Habib (4-2) 59-26, 51-58, 89-21, 73-43, 17-67, 65-50.

Billiards: A Khansaheb bt K Hemdev 505-450; D Shah bt A Saboo 534-373; Yasin Merchant bt R Kela 791-400; I Mizra bt M Chandra 499-472; A Singhi bt F Tengra 600-376; J Dawar bt S Anand 514-502; S Jagtiani bt M Jagdale 565-382; A Haque bt V Madan 672-286. 2nd round: Yasin Merchant bt Devang Shah 533-443; D Sitwala bt R Shah 563-347.