New Delhi: Top Indians Ritwik Bhattacharya and Saurav Ghosal crashed out of the Malaysian Open squash meet after first-round losses in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.

Ritwik lost to third-seeded Adrian Grant of England 5-11, 8-11, 6-11 in 39 minutes while qualifier Saurav went down to top seed Azlan Iskandar of Malaysia 8-11, 9-11, 9-11 in 35 minutes.

Earlier, world No. 61 Saurav qualified for the main draw after beating Khawaja Adil Maqbool of Pakistan 11-3, 11-7, 11-3 in 21 minutes and then getting the better of Jason Mudge of Australia 6-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-4, 11-7 in a 47-minute second-round battle. (PTI)