Delhi challenger Anuj Uppal played out of his skin to overcome the legendary Geet Sethi 4-3 in the semi-finals of the third Masters National Snooker Championship at MIG Club yesterday. In the tournament for above-40s, Uppal, 42, is among the youngest but played like a veteran. He began the best-of-seven-frame final racking up a break of 63 to take Frame 1 (78-43). In the second, he accumulated 76 points to Sethi's 34. Sethi, 58, then used all his experience to launch a fight back. Uppal was sloppy on a red and left the cue ball surrounded by a bunch of reds.

Sethi stepped up and leaned over the table, but realised his t-shirt would touch one of the balls, so he paused, tucked in the tee and executed a pretty pot that laid the foundation for a 60-point break. Sethi took the frame 76-3. In Frame 4, both players played defensively, snookering each other. Uppal lost out to the wily Sethi here. Sethi cleaned up the six coloured balls to take the frame 63-38. In Frame 5, Uppal found his mojo back. Sethi erred on a cut shot and Uppal got in a break of 45 and took the frame 61-17.