Rather harsh. She didi reach World #13 in 2011

Impossible to to call from this video.

That's what makes smooth slo-mo great to watch.

Obviously

Rather harsh to call that a foot fault. I've looked at it frame by frame. It's a foot fault by a gnats cock. Impossible to see in real time.

In fairness to the ref, sometimes something happens so quickly that you're uncertain as to what you think you might have seen. Unless you're initially absolutely certain that something's happened then as a ref you take your cue fromt the instant reaction of both players who are obviously closer to the action. The process: If neither player indicates that something happened then you let the rally play out. If Sobhy had won the rally and simply continued with the next point without comment then no harm done. If Sobhy had immediately indicated that something happened then you play out the rally to see the outcome. In this instance Sobhy lost the rally and didn't appeal any lack of call so accepted the outcome of the rally. If Sobhy had appealed then the video review would overturned the outcome of the rally. All the above is predicated on the ref being uncertain that something happened. If the ref was 100% certain that the ball had hit Gohar then he should have called a stroke.

@@prophetssquashstuff8530 Could've been we have the better angle from the camera. I might have been too harsh. Thanks for your reply!

@michaelhall2384 Anywhere but backwards. He played the shot so It's his responsibility to allow his opponent acess to to the ball.

@paulrichardson635 The rules allow only for a reasonable follow-through after which "a player must make every effort to clear". Asal completed his very short follow-through well before the ball came back to him. Then he deliberately stepped backwards, firstly with his left foot then his right. in doing so he failed to clear. He could have have stayed still. He could have moved forwards towards the T. He chose to move backwards, obstructing Masotti's access to the ball. The slow-mo clearly shows all of this.

Only the ref knows why he made his original "no let" decision.🤔

So true! What a shame

No because there is simply no reason for Asal to step back there immediately after hitting. Also, Masotti didn't run to the "wrong side", he set up slightly to the left and behind which he figured was optimal for view and reaction and split stepped, then immediately moved right out of the split step. There was no mistake, just interference.

@Nautilusgen Your attempted explanation misses out the bit where Asal takes two steps backwards. Had Asal even stood still, following his loose shot, Masotti would have been able to play the ball.

@@robbinburns6329 The reason is that Asal made a not so good drop shot, so the ball is bouncing to him and he is giving some space, just a little. Assal looked to Massotti before his shot, but after his shot he is only looking the ball and Massotti changed from left side to right side very quickly behind Asal.

@@prophetssquashstuff8530 I think that the loose shot of Asal explains his two little steps backwards. He was taking space from the ball wich was bouncing towards him and not trying to get in the way of Massotii. That is my opinion

Why don't you use your real account Mostafa Senior?

Yes, the space that Asal knew for sure Masotti would not take. He is that good 👍

I should hope there's no need to.

Pretty much agree with that.

Didn’t massoti say it was a clean game of squash after the game

Yeah, I mean I just watched Elshorbagy vs Coll (from the previous World Championship?) and concluded Elshorbagy was playing dirty because he was simply hitting and returning his lunge leg back to neutral but then making no additional attempt to clear (rules say after striking you must make every attempt to clear - I interpret that to mean standing there isn't sufficient). This resulted in just enough interference that Coll was tripping everytime he tried to go by. So what we see from Asal in this case is a whole additional layer of unfair play where he doesn't just fail to clear but actually moves further into his opponents path. And he's been doing that since he came out of Junior so it is pretty obvious by now.

​@@AbcdGopuwell, Masotti came away with a win. What is there for him to gain by revealing what he really might think on the incident? Very little, probably. Best for him to just put it in the memory banks, maintain good relations and move on.

@@Dcp0001a idk maybe but he could have also just not mentioned it

I made no accusations. The stroke decision was based on the rules. No conspiracy theory here.