Siddharth Suchde thread

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 11:39 am

Scottish Open junior champion in (December) 2003, and junior runner-up in 2002. Siddharth is a student at Harvard, who finished 10th in the junior event at the 2004 British Open -- but is one of India's bright young squash prospects. (He seems to reserve his best for the Scottish Open, where he beat Saurav Ghoshal in the semi-final; Saurav went onto win the British Open junior championship a fortnight later).

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 6:31 am

The National Individual Championships of US College Squash Association was held this month and 6th seeded Siddharth Suchde (Harvard University) made it to the semifinal before losing to the top seeded Yasser El Halaby of Yale University and Egypt. El Halaby went on to win the tournament beating W. Broadbent of Harvard.

kathiresan_v · Post by **kathiresan_v** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:24 am

10-15 Oct, Williamston, USA, $13k:

Qualifying finals:

Sherif Moustafa Kamel (Egy) bt Siddarth Suchde (Ind) 8/11, 11/7, 11/9, 11/10(4-2)

Kathir

Post by **Dhruv** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 9:24 am

At the $4K Rochester Open Squash tournament both Indian players Ritwik and Siddharth have entered the semis.

Siddharth's results so far are:

Q1 Bye
Q2 Siddharth Suchde (IND,198) d. Michael Reid (CAN,243) 11-3 11-7 11-3

R1 Siddharth Suchde (IND,198) d. 8 - Robin Clarke (CAN,153) 6-11 11-9 11-5 11-5

QF Siddharth Suchde (IND,198) d. Regardt Schonborn (RSA,301) score awaited

The semis matchup is Siddharth Suchde (IND,198) vs 4 - Sam Miller (ENG,114)

Post by **Dhruv** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:20 pm

In a match (Trinity vs Harvard) yesterday

B.Samper d . S.Suchde 9-2 9-5 9-0

Here is a link. Trinity hasn't lost a match since 1998 making it a streak of 115 wins in a row.

Demonstration of their dominance is that they were #1 and Harvard #2 yet they won easily.

http://gocrimson.collegesports.com/spor ... 05aab.html

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:00 pm

Wow after more than 2 and 1/2 yrs someone posting in this thread ...

Siddarth playing at Saskatoon Boast with Gaurav ... He qualified for maindraw and facing 4th seed.

At $6K Saskatoon Boast 2007, Saskatchewan, Canada

[Q1] Siddarth Suchde (IND,246) bt Suf Ahmed (CAN,UNR) 11-2 11-5 11-5 (18m)
[Q2] Siddarth Suchde (IND,246) bt Matt Serediak (CAN,230) 11-6 11-6 11-7 (38m)

[R1] (Q) Siddarth Suche (IND,246) vs (4) Shaun le Roux (ENG,132)

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:59 pm

Siddarth playing exceptionally well ... He qualified in this event and now with 2 upsets win over seeded players he is in the semis and ready to face top-seed.

At $6K Saskatoon Boast 2007, Saskatchewan, Canada

[R1] (Q) Siddarth Suche (IND,246) bt (4) Shaun le Roux (ENG,132) 11-2 7-11 11-4 11-5 (47m)

[QF] (Q) Siddarth Suche (IND,246) bt (8) Arthur Gaskin (IRL,154) 11-9 11-2 11-6 (47m)

[SF] (Q) Siddarth Suche (IND,246) vs (1) Ryan Cuskelly (AUS,76)

suresh · Post by **suresh** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:07 am

One shouldn't consider Siddarth's wins as upsets -- he is ranked low because he was not playing tournaments due to his college commitments. The SF is going to be a better indicator to his precise level -- I anticipate a win

He needs to win these lower level tournaments to move up the ladder and be able to qualify for higher level tournaments. By the way, now that his collegiate career is over, is he going to be playing professional squash full-time?

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:11 am

suresh wrote:One shouldn't consider Siddarth's wins as upsets -- he is ranked low because he was not playing tournaments due to his college commitments. The SF is going to be a better indicator to his precise level

Suresh, totally agree with u but still I keep calling these r upsets as per PSA ranking ...

By the way u anticipated correctly Siddarth defeated top seed and top-80 Australian straight games to reach his first PSA level final ...

His Mexican opponent also playing his first PSA final.

As per report, after a hard fought 31-minute first game, which take more out of Australian top seed Ryan Cuskelly, Suchde dominated the T as he went on to win in straight games.

At $6K Saskatoon Boast 2007, Saskatchewan, Canada

[SF] (Q) Siddarth Suche (IND,246) bt (1) Ryan Cuskelly (AUS,76) 13-11 11-6 11-6 (58m)

[F] (Q) Siddarth Suche (IND,246) vs Arturo Salazar (MEX,174)

Post by **jayakris** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:09 pm

Those are some pretty good wins, whether we consider them upsets or not.

Jay

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:45 am

Excellent results from Siddharth Suchde, who showed a couple of years ago that he was only a shade below the quality of our top-two players, Ritwik and Sourav. Professional squash is a pretty tough arena to make a living (given the meagre prize money available), so a Harvard grad will need to quickly make it to top-50 if he is not to be tempted by other avenues of opportunity.

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:30 am

At $6K Saskatoon Boast 2007, Saskatchewan, Canada

[F] (Q) Siddarth Suche (IND,246) l Arturo Salazar (MEX,174) 10-12 7-11 7-11 (53m)

Siddarth lost final against talented 19 yrs old Mexican, other hand this was Siddarth's 6th match in 6 days as he needed to qualify for this tournament.

As per report, spectators were thrilled by quickness and focus by the two first-time finalists ... But Arturo Salazar displayed incredible speed in retrieving almost everything Siddarth played and he kept pressure on Siddarth with his variety of shots ... Siddarth fought till end, but Salazar was too much for him in the final.

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:14 am

At $6K Regions Racquet Club Pro 2008, St Louis, USA

[R1] (8) Siddarth Suchde (IND,160) bt (Q) Joe Millman (ENG,251) 11-1 11-4 11-4
[QF] (8) Siddarth Suchde (IND,160) bt (4) Ian Power (CAN,104) 11-7 11-7 11-5 (40m)
[SF] (8) Siddarth Suchde (IND,160) bt (1) Tony James (AUS,81) 11-7 11-8 11-9 (55m)

[F] (8) Siddarth Suchde (IND,160) bt Cesar Salazar (MEX,184) 11-9 11-6 11-4 (50m)

Siddarth Suchde became the first PSA champion of 2008 after winning a new Super Satellite event at the Regions Racket Club in St Louis ... Siddarth kept up his record of not dropping a game in this tournament.

Check Siddarth's photos with trophy

suresh · Post by **suresh** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:44 am

Great showing from Siddharth -- beating one Salazar(Cesar) after losing in the final to another Salazar (Arturo) in October. Siddharth should be moving into the top-100 and might be able to play in higher level tournaments now.

Edit: Turns out that Arturo and Cesar are twins!

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:57 am

A good performance by Siddarth Suchde to win a title in St Louis and hopefully he can build on this success to reach his goals in 2008.

Thanks Jaydeep for providing us with the news about Siddarth Suchde.

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