Ritwik Bhattacharya and reigning national champion Saurav Ghosal stand just one win away from making the main draw of US $200,000 Kuwait Open squash tournament, after advancing to the qualifying finals of the event in Kuwait City.

While Ritwik upset Australia's [ Images ] Aaron Frankcomb 11-4, 11-9, 11-6 in 53-minutes, Ghosal breezed past local favourite Mohd Al-Tuwary 11-5, 11-0, 11-3 in just 29 minutes.

"I played on these courts in the Asians, so that helped me. Besides, I have been doing lot of training in Holland and India [ Images ]," Ritwik said after his victory.

In the qualifying finals, Ritwik will take on American Julian Illingworth while Ghosal is up against Englishman Daryl Selby.

"I have played Daryl twice -- in Qatar and Hong Kong -- and lost despite going 2-0 up. Hopefully, I can go one better this time," said Ghosal.