Fourth seed Manan Chandra of Delhi [ Images ] and unseeded Rupesh Shah of Gujarat will clash in the final of the Rs 400,000 CCI men's and women's invitation snooker tournament in Mumbai [ Images ] on Wednesday.

In the semi-finals on Tuesday, Shah shocked former Asian Games double gold medallist Ashok Shandilya of Railways 5-4 while Chandra, who had accounted for third seed and former Asian champion Yasin Merchant 5-4 in the quarter-finals yesterday, upset current National champion and second seed Pankaj Advani [ Images ] of Karnataka [ Images ] 5-3.

The Delhi lad played magnificiently and put the composed and confident Advani under tremendous pressure with some well-calculated putting. Chandra dropped the first frame 9-98 but came back strongly to win the next at 80-51.

Though he again dropped the next frame, 43-57, he came up with a timely break of 51 to win the fourth frame at 87-4. The turning point of the match came when Chandra took the next two frames (63-35 and 87-50) in pretty quick time.

Chandra dropped the seventh frame 8-82, after Advani, who had drubbed local cuiest Devendra Joshi 5-0 in the quarter-finals yesterday, came up with a break of 78.

The Delhi lad played some exotic shots in the eighth frame after the Karnataka cuiest went totally on the defensive before Chandra managed to win 48-13.

Results (semi-finals): Rupesh Shah (Guj) bt Ashok Shandilya (Rlys) 5-4 (95-16, 45-58, 69-51, 34-73, 69-33, 68-15, 46-57, 66-74, 56-1); Manan Chandra (Del) bt Pankaj Advani (Knt) 5-3 (9-98, 80-51, 43-57, 87-4, 63-35, 87-50, 8-82, 48-13).