Ritwik Bhattacharya thread

kathiresan_v · Post by **kathiresan_v** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 3:06 pm

COAS International 2004
22-25 Feb, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, $25k

Qualifying first round:

M Ilyas (Pak) bt Ritwick Bhattacharya (Ind) 15/13,5/15,15/8, 15/3 53m

Kathir

kathiresan_v · Post by **kathiresan_v** » Tue May 04, 2004 10:01 am

Pakistan Circuit #1 2004
05-08 May, Lahore, Pakistan, $12k

6th seeded Ritwik Bhattacharya plays [Q] Naveed Atlas Khan (PAK)
tomorrow.

kathir

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Wed May 05, 2004 10:09 am

It looks pretty difficult to make a living playing squash. A top-100 player has to play in a $12K tournament...tennis was well past this stage by the late-1960s.

Rajiv · Post by **Rajiv** » Thu May 06, 2004 3:07 am

Qualifier Naveed Atlas defeated Ritwik Bhattacharya 15-12, 12-15, 15-13, 15-10

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Thu May 06, 2004 3:23 am

Ritwik appears to be struggling, although playing in Pakistan against locals is never going to be easy! Especially in squash, where it is izzat ka sawal for the Pakistanis...

pradipta_dutta · Post by **pradipta_dutta** » Wed May 26, 2004 10:19 am

ritwik..the squash legend of INDIA is improving everyday with every game...one match defeat doesn't mean anything..he will rise to the top of the PSA ladder one day

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Thu May 27, 2004 3:03 pm

Pradipta, if you have any news of wins by Ritwik, please let us know. We haven't seen much success for him in recent times -- and there are too few squash tournaments for even a top-100 player like Ritwik to properly shine.

kathiresan_v · Post by **kathiresan_v** » Fri May 28, 2004 2:04 am

Welcome to the forum Pradipta...

Looks like Ritwik is on a little slump this year. But a decent performance in a couple of upcoming tournaments would bring him what he is actually upto, I suppose.

He might have entered into Asian Squash Chamiponship, Malaysia (18-26 June) and also Pak series 2 in 1st week July, but not sure as the entry has not yet released in the web pages.

In the year 2002 Aisan Championship event Ritwik had reached the quarters, but the women entries Vaidehy Reddy and Joshna were first round casualties, but Mekhla Subedar reached quarters. The team results were as below: -

Men lost in the semifinal to Pak (0-3), Malaysia won the Championship. The men's team comprised of Rittwik Bhattacharya, Manish Chotrani, Bikram Uberoi.

Women lost in the Final to Malaysia (0-3). The women team comprised of Joshna Chinappa, Vaidehi Reddy, Mekhla Subedar.

Not bad at all!!!

BTW, where is Saurav, Gaurav, Joshna, Supreet and all.

Kathir

pradipta_dutta · Post by **pradipta_dutta** » Mon May 31, 2004 9:31 am

Joshna and Sourav were in Mumbai last week just to defeat Manish and Aish..in absence of Tik Tik, Sourav had a easy time to win his first Men's title in Otter's Club..Josh too had a easy round in absence of Mekhala..

Sourav..great dude..you are improving and doing well..and hope to see you SHINING in coming years..Joshna needs nothing..she is simply the GREATEST..in women section..

pradipta_dutta · Post by **pradipta_dutta** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 4:53 pm

Ritwik ,received Rajiv Gandhi Sports Award on August 19th

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstor ... wsid=96286

warpspeed · Post by **warpspeed** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 3:38 pm

Lets along with Saurav he raises Indian squash to greater heights

Post by **Dhruv** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 2:37 pm

Really old news: a month and half ago.

Ritwik was also playing at the British Open but lost in qualifying round 1 to Jonathan Kemp.

Jonathan Kemp (ENG) d. Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) 11/9, 7/11, 11/2, 11/5

Post by **Dhruv** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:43 am

Malaysia's Mohd. Azlan Sikandar won the Cricket Club of India Ezra invitation squash tournament, defeating India's Ritwik Bhattacharya in four games at the CCI courts here on Sunday. Sikandar received $2,500 while Ritwik got $1,500.

(Final): Mohd. Zlan Sikandar (Mal,19) bt Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind,96) 9-11, 11-8,11-9,11-4.

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:11 pm

Ritwik played very competitive match and gave tough fight to Top 20 player from Malaysia ... Hopefully he will crack into Top 75 this year.

Jaydeep.

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:00 pm

Ritwik continues to quietly notch up wins in various PSA tournaments. Here's the latest:
http://in.rediff.com/sports/2005/jan/18squash.htm

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