Ritwik Bhattackarya		Ritwik Bhattackarya won a rate international squash title for India when claiming the Pre-Asian GAmes gold in Busan, Korea. In the final at the Yang San College courts, Ritwik, the current national champ, beat Vincent Cheung of Hong Konf, 9-5 9-4 5-9 9-3. The first and second games were fairly easy. Ritwik then lost concentration being down were fairly easy. Ritwik then lost concentration being down -8. He fought back to 5-8 but a luck shot by Vincent helped him claim the game. In the fourth Ritwik came back strongly and did not give his opponent any chance. The Pakistanis were absent, players like Ong Beng Hee, Kenneth Low, Amjad Khan so the field was not tough. Ritwik says he was not playing his best so it was a big relie to have come through and won fairly comfortably. He is still training under Neil Harvey, Peter Nicol's coach and is planning to continue. He will be back to London for training. The whole of July is heavy training and he will be playing some PSA events in mid-August.
Meanwhile, the Asian Squash Federating also met during the Pre-Asians and chalked out plans to stage the Asian Games event. The meeting was attended by N.Ramachandran, president Asian Squash Federation, Srivatsan Subramanium, Secretary-general, and Muneer Sait, treasurer, along with the president of the Korean Squash Federation. The ASF also had its second meeting relating to the development of squash in the region. David Mul, the ASF vice-president from Hong Kong and Yusuf Moshen of Kuwait attended the meeting.

Pradeep Vijayakar

Japan Open, Chiba City, Japan, 26-6-2001
Men's Final:
Stefan Casteleyn (BEL) bt Shahier Razik (CAN)   15-12 17-14 15-8
Womens Final : REbecca Chiu (HKG) bt Latasha Khan (USA) 10-8 4-9 9-10 9-2

Women's YTL Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 24-6-2001
Final:Shelley Kitchen (NZL) bt Maha Zein (EGY)  9-2 0-9 9-4 9-0

Halifax Equitable Super Series 23-6-2001
Finals : Peter Nicol (Eng) bt David Palmer (Aus) 15-7 15-11 13-15 5-15 15-14 15-9

Valid Dutch Open, Maastricht, 17-6-2001
Final: Jean-Michel Arcucci (FRA) bt Tommy Berden (NED) 15-11 13-15 5-15 15-14 15-9

Women's Singapore Open, Singapore, 17-6-2001
Final:Shelley Kitchen (NZL) bt Annelize Naude (RSA)   9-7 9-4 9-2

Irish Open : Dublin, British Open Squash : 10-6-2001
Women's Final : Sarah Fitz-Gerald bt Carol Owens 10-9 9-0 9-2 
Mens Final David Palmer bt Chris Walker 12-15 13-15 15-2 15-9 15-5 

Women's Richmond Open, Canada, 27-5-2001.
Final:Jenny Tranfield (ENG) bt Vanessa Atkinson (NED)  3-9 6-9 9-1 9-2, 9-7

Carcassone City Open, France, 24-5-2001
Final:Vicky Lankester (ENG) bt Cheryl Beaumont (ENG)  10-8 6-9 7-9 10-8 9-2

Nivea for Men Irish Open, Ireland, 22-5-2001
Final:Peter Nicol (ENG) bt David Palmer (AUS)  15-11 15-5 15-9

WISPA Seattle Open, Seattle, 17-5-2001
Final:Sarah Fitz-Gerald (Aus) bt Carol Owens (Aus)  9-6 9-7 9-2

Atlanta Open, Atlanta, USA : 10-5-2001
Final:Nick Matthew (ENG) bt Michael Robberds (AUS) 15-13 9-15 15-13 15-13

WISPA International Challenge, San Francisco, USA : 9-5-2001
Final:Sarah Fitz-Gerald (Aus) bt Cassie Campion (Eng)  7-9 9-4 9-5 9-2

Bright Lights Las Vegas Open, Las Vegas, USA : 7-5-2001
Final:Fiona Geaves (ENG) bt Cassie Campion (ENG)  5-9 9-4 9-6 9-5

YTL Open, Kuala Lumpur : 5-5-2001
Final:Tommy Berden (NED) bt Kenneth Low (MAS) 15-10 15-3 15-6

Italian Open, Breachia, 02-05-2001
Final:Adrian Grant (ENG) bt Derek Ryan (IRL)  15-6 12-15 17-15 14-17 15-13

BSPA Prince Grand Prix Finals, Salisbury : 01-5-2001
Finals: Peter Nicol (Eng) bt Mark Cairns (Oxon) 15-8 10-15 15-12 12-15 17-14 (108m)

Pak-Telecom International, Lahore : 25-4-2001.
Final:Kareem Darwish (EGY) bt Shahid Zaman (PAK)  15-5 10-15 15-12 12-15 15-3 (69m)

Winterthur Life Challenge Cup, Hong Kong : 24-4-2001
Final: Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt Janie Thacker (ENG)   10-8 6-9 3-9 10-8 9-6

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