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This is an archive article published on August 24, 2003
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IN the last couple of weeks India8217;s No 2 squash player Ritwik Bhattacharya is finally showing signs of fulfulling his unkept promise. H...
IN the last couple of weeks India8217;s No 2 squash player Ritwik Bhattacharya is finally showing signs of fulfulling his unkept promise. His long search for success at the Professional Squash Association PSA has finally paid off.
Struggling for one title, Ritwik 23 landed two on the New Zealand circuit and is now nicely placed to add a third. 8216;8216;Finally months of effort and hard work had paid off; it felt wonderful and I savoured the moment8217;8217;, he said about the first win.
If it8217;s surprised outsiders, those who know Ritwik say he had it coming. He first made news in 1997-8 with a bronze at the Asian juniors; soon after, he won the National title.
Ritwik moved from Delhi to London in 2001 to train and play with the best in the world; at the same time, he turned pro. Now training near London Essex county he8217;s managed to smooth his rough edges under top coach Neil Harvey. Armed with a new contract with sports management firm Imagine Sport and two PSA wins, things finally seem to be looking up. 8216;8216;There were lots of people who started doubting if I could ever do it and this was adding to the already large number of people who never thought I could do it in the first place. But again the people who had faith in me and were patient with me helped me along the way. But there is a long way to go8217;8217;, he says.
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