Ritwik Bhattacharya failed to continue the momentum and went down against sixth seed Matthew Giuffre of Canada in the quarterfinal of the Atlanta Open squash championship in the United States.

The top Indian squash player, who upset top seed Mohd Essam Hafiz of Egypt in the earlier round, lost 10-12, 11-4, 10-12, 11-4, 4-11, according to the information received in Delhi on Saturday.