Unseeded Rohit Gandhi of Nagpur,18th seed Harish Mirchandani of Mumbai and 12th seed Pushapendar Singh scored upset wins to enter the pre-quarter round at the fourth edition of the Poona Club-Manisha Open and Invitational Snooker Championship 2009 in collaboration with Manisha Construction organised at the Poona Club tables. In the super league round matches on Tuesday,Rohit Gandhi toppled 17th seed Sachin Sancheti of Hustlers 62-40,30-55,44-27 while 18th seed Harish Mirchandani of Mumbai upset sixth seeded Divya Shrma of Tamilnadu 57-32,69-16. In another match,12th seeded Pushpinder Singh of Delhi outplayed 10th seeded Rushabh Jain of Dadar 58-47,59-46 to make it to next round. Top-seed Rafat Habib,second seed M S Arun of Chennai,13th seed Roshan Mirchandani of Mumbai,15th seed Sonu Gurudatta of Poona Club,fourth seed R Girish of Railway,25th seed Nishad Ghowghule of PYC Hindu Gymkhana also made it to the pre-quarter round from their respective groups.
