Epic. The retrievals from both players is phenomenal. Ability to get out of trouble-just amazing. Asal has a better power game than anyone else at the moment.

Outrageous coaching and umpiring Coll should just be declared the Cesar of squash

Love Paul. I’ve been watching Paul coming along to get the number 1 spot and I am really happy he got it, still deserves it. He will get there again. But this matches with Asal are going to keep happening and he needs to find the way to move on and destroy this wall in front of him. (That’s what number 1 players do, new thread shows up and find the way to defeat it). “Asal” in the other hand is learning how the players should play on the tour. I Like how hungry he is and is not wrong wanting number 1 spot but just not his time yet. Keep working hard at it. U will reach it one day. “When the time is right”.

unusual amount of unforced errors from Coll. Great match, much tighter than the scoreline suggests. Liked Asals attitude.

so exciting!

I've never seen a game end like that before!

@arnaud78

Жыл бұрын

@Kwistenbiebel200 Haha, thank you. Slip of the tongue, so to speak.

I laughed so hard at that last point, it was so anti climatic

I’m very glad that first “no let” was overruled to a stroke. Even if the intent was an attacking kill shot, the ball came bouncing back towards Coll. Generally speaking (overall), it‘s my opinion that the bias of referees should shift to the incoming striker more in most cases. Unless they’re going for a ball directly lateral to them, the optimal footpath to hitting a ball is more of an arch or “L” verses a direct line. Referees often fail to take this into account. The quality of the shot should decide it’s retrievability-not the quality of the block coming off a shot, whether “T” intentioned or otherwise. The top priorities of the player coming off their shot should be both safety and access for the incoming striker.

Superman has become superpassiveman

@HG19858

Жыл бұрын

He was always a passive player… his strength has always been retrieving and patience… not a shot maker.

@TheHilarious91

Жыл бұрын

@@HG19858 I know, he has to make his shot in order to beat young modern squash players of this generation

20:29 insane scrape off wall

30:35 looks back to see coll's line then proceeds to put his leg in his way lol

@simonnagy1

Жыл бұрын

Just an ordinary move from Asal, nothing special

@martincollins6632

Жыл бұрын

Asal seems to have figured out like many other players that these days if you get something loose on the forehand behind the T that you can just smash it and walk into your opponents line. It needs be be given as a let all day long. But it gets no let's because they don't want to go back to the old days where 1 in 3 points ended in let's.

@adielhoward6271

Жыл бұрын

@@martincollins6632 On the other hand, you could say that Coll figured the best way to salvage his weak shot to the forehand to save the point, is by going straight toward his opponent enforcing a let. Players have become sneaky against Asal this way.

@martincollins6632

Жыл бұрын

@@adielhoward6271 at this level there is only one way to return those kinds of power forehand shots when both players are right handed. The correct result is let ball. They should play to the open court or keep it so tight that the opponent has to go to the back. Having the ball die at the mid court when you are blocking access to the mid court is not the way the principles of the game are meant to work. But this is how the game has evolved at the top level. More let calls would force players into free flowing play. But younalso have lots more let's and the WSF has decided they want less let's. This is why players with a style similar to Asal are able to have success with their blocking strategy.

@adielhoward6271

Жыл бұрын

@@martincollins6632 No doubt the game would be much more free flowing if every player decided to play to the open court. However, with the power that most of the top players generate off the forehand, there's little reason not to play to the opponent's forehand in the hope of a winning.shot Sometimes, players don't always manage to play the low shots to the back of the court because of the high pace at which the game is played. This doesn't mean that they don't intend to play the ball to the back. When the player plays the ball mid-court he literally has a fraction of a second to get to the centre or move away from his opponent. (of course it becomes impossible to move this quick) Hence the accusation of blocking becomes a matter of speculation. In this very game, John disallowed Paul's appeal for a let because the ball had been out his reach and closer to the wall. And this is the reason I claim that players have become sneaky against Asal always hoping to score a let by deliberately barging into him. All the top players have been adopting this strategy.

I always enjoy the commentary but somehow the commentators' bias for Coll was a bit too much. I could understand the bias if Coll was from England but he's not....

2 months ago I bought a Technifibre racquet the Carboflex 125. I hit the wall once and it broke. terribly weak or maybe I'm just too strong. Definitely not worth the price if it takes one hit and breaks. Very disappointed! ☹️trying to contact Technifibre. I have also had no response so hopefullyt his will get their attention.

He'll never live it down not volleying that last serve.

@arnaud78

Жыл бұрын

Boy, that was a real motivation killer!

@drubber007

Жыл бұрын

@@arnaud78 Too late for any motivation 🤣

that first game 100% colls point, not sure how the video refs didnt see it when its obvious to the commentators and anyone watching at home that they were all good...

So who won?

I started racquet sports back in the 70s as a teen when my baseball opportunities were vanishing. My dad got my playing squash but then everything went racquetball and that's what I played for the most part the rest of my playing days. So I'm just now getting to see squash again. I love watching Coll cause he's a diver and a getter which is big in racquetball, but he seems to lack the put away shot(s) that others have, content on wearing his opponent down. Just wondering why squash players don't use the side wall more, in racquetball it's a huge tactic.

@baseballgenius3

Жыл бұрын

What exactly do you mean by “use the side wall more”? In squash you primarily use the side wall by hitting the ball tight and parallel to the side wall making it hard to do much with the next shot. Hitting angles, like the boast (sidewall then front wall) is very risky as it opens up the court a lot and has smaller margin for error. So it is best used as a change of pace or defensive shot, not as a regular attacking shot. I also transitioned from baseball to squash after college, absolutely love the game. Glad you’re getting back to it! I find it so much more enjoyable to play than racquetball.

@stevemd6488

Жыл бұрын

@@baseballgenius3 The "boast" in squash is called "pinch" in racquetball, but there is a very wicked shot in racquetball called the "splat" that is hit high off the side wall but deep in the court aimed so the ball hits the front wall and dies from the spin. Might not work in squash as well. Either way rather than just down the line throw some more boasts in, it's more distance your opponent has to cover. Elias uses this a lot.

@baseballgenius3

Жыл бұрын

@@stevemd6488 squash balls don’t take spin anywhere near as much as racquetballs do. Spin can have minor influences but what you’re describing doesn’t sound like it would translate well. A good working boast (one that hits the front wall near the middle and then 2nd bounce is near the side wall) is a great way to make the opponent move around when hit well. Borja Golan comes to mind for his use of the boast. In general squash is a pretty defensive game - the risk of a bad boast often outweighs the benefit of a good one. Up until around 2010, squash was very defensive. Then there was a decade where the game became very offensive, with players like Ashour and Gawad among others shaping the game to be more open and skill based. Now players like Coll and Makin are finding a renaissance in the game with a very physical, attritional, and defensive style again. It’s been cool to see the game evolve since I got into it in 2008.

Broo just me or were the commentators REALLY bias?!

Anyone ever notice how many lets there are in any game played by Mostafa Asal? Hmmmmm ....

I vote for asal to wim

@James-sw9vm

Жыл бұрын

I also vote for Asal to wimp

Asal would do well in rugby as a prop.

@moocha7572

Жыл бұрын

Ummm according to his stats hes only 80kg most of the half backs would probably weigh more than that. He might be a prop for the Egyptian team, All blacks props around 120 130kg 😂😂😂 he would get destroyed

@smca7271

Жыл бұрын

@@moocha7572 but a great blocker

Asal wins after all that from the referees. They say that he should have given more space and award a stroke. But not consistent the other way around when they just give asal lets. And we all hear the racist commentary. Sad day for squash indeed.

Why are the commentators so pro Coll?

@martincollins6632

Жыл бұрын

Because the prior antics of Asal have tainted so many people's opinions of the Egyptians

@ahmedyoussef4147

Жыл бұрын

@@martincollins6632 liar commentator always always cheer for the European or British or usa aganist any one egypt have many ayers ali farag momen gawad youssef ibrahim asal all of different personalities you are new to squash or what

@martincollins6632

Жыл бұрын

@@ahmedyoussef4147 take your victim mentality elsewhere.

@ahmedyoussef4147

Жыл бұрын

@@martincollins6632 you are the one who hate all the egyptian squash you are talking about asal then you talked about the egyptians okay the prior antics of goerge Parker have tainted so many people opinions about English players 😀

@HG19858

Жыл бұрын

@@martincollins6632 take ur colonial racism elsewhere.

I’ve always felt Asal needed to let his squash do the talking, and he has done that here. He won this game against 5 players: the referee, the video referee, the 2 commentators, and Coll.

The refs really need to get a hold of players serving outside the box... Its the same as football players carrying throw ins for 20 yards from where the ball went out... why do professionals get off light with rules... smh

Asal is learning to cheat more subtly with age.

Shitty commentary! Paul should do this Paul should do that. Telling how good Paul is playing that's all.

@simonnagy1

Жыл бұрын

Maybe they picked Paul's perspective for the first set, and in the other sets Asal's. Btw. I didn't see the full match

@ahmedmoosa2001

Жыл бұрын

Assl not only whipped Coll also the referee and the pathetic commentators....commentators nit even new zealanders...yet do anti Asal and anti great squash...pathetically moronic

These commentators are such clowns and Coll groupies. So glad Asal won this game and I think the match.

Asal is a fantastic player but I’m getting really put off by his constant fishing for strokes, among other things. I can’t see it changing, so we’ve got this to look forward to at the top of the game for some while. Disappointing.

The egyptian crowd(with all the kids) loved that last point didn't they, just shows you how callow they can be over there, childish stuff.

Umpiring is disgusting favoring coll

Asal is a cheater, he never moves to let Paul play the ball

The commentators were so biased in favor of Coll, it's like they were his personal coaches. That's sort've sad. They ought to be impartial. Very unprofessional.

@ahsanmunir1911

Жыл бұрын

Cool should be paying their commentary fee

Why does the commentators always think they can see everything better than the referee? They are behaving like two clowns 🤡🤡

appaling squash not enough short straight short too hesistant and defensive actually really boring ... no anticipation hold soome poor decisionss as well

Very boring squash to watch... Ashour and Elshobagy put on much more entertaining games. Going back to the old days where it's just about running all over again.

I can’t see it the play is dirty

Maybe Coll,should start with diving instead 🥽Squash is supposed to be played standing