Farag v Elias - Final Highlights - JP Morgan Tournament of Champions 2022

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[@dredwulf7]

Congrats to Farag, incredible performance and the best sportsman on tour... also Ramy

[@taaskeprins]

Such a great sportsman Farag and a fantastic squasher!! Solid performance from Elias though. Great final!!

[@fromap16]

just shows what a sportsman should be...i am in awe every time he plays. amazing improvements and quality!

[@LUCKY-GOODMAN]

Ashour & Farag together.. good to see u men.

[@MrNitKap]

Had the privileges of spending 2-3 hours over dinner with Ashour when he visited our squash academy here in Pune/India in December. Very nice person.

[@fleurafricaine5740]

Was that Ramy giving Ali a big hug at the end? I thought it might be. That’s great.

[@letskickyouhard]

Great exponent of the game "Ali Farag" !! The ideal sportsman.

[@ricardoborges4637]

Great match! Diego had a very phisical semi-final, had to play a really long first game, I mean, he made his best. Farag was very clever, played really well during the whole week, well deserved!! Two great players, no antics, high quality game! Really nice to watch!!

[@fromap16]

"Two great players, no antics, high quality game!" nuff said..

[@tyanmutter1437]

no drama

[@rubenmedina1788]

Really two wonderful sportsmanship!!!! I really love the attitude of both players

[@baseballgenius3]

Great match. Both players always looking to play the ball, and playing it beautifully. Amazing performance.

[@Get_Newbied]

Always a pleasure to watch Ali and even more when he wins. A great player and a gentleman. Generous to a fault. God bless

[@conor2683]

5:51 is just mesmirizing

[@Go_viral_or_die_tryin]

Should we not give these guys an extra day rest before the final? I think it would improve the quality of the final. They do it at Wimbledon for example and tennis is arguably less demanding...

[@peterhammer4644]

you mean playing up to 5 hours is less demanding? Its different kind of tiredness but definitely not less demanding.

[@PrashanthRaoNDZ]

@@peterhammer4644Tennis is more endurance based while squash required explosive power together with stamina, but major difference is you get more time to rest in tennis, which favour player who can quickly recuperate their stamina and strength. Both are demanding nevertheless, but squash at the highest level is slightly more demanding.

[@peterhammer4644]

@@PrashanthRaoNDZ I have to disagree. I have played badminton at National top level and squash at A-level (second highest tier) so I know both squash and badminton very well. I still have the utmost respect for tennis with those gruelling long matches in mens Grand Slam tournaments. The longest squash matches are around 90 min, which is not even close to the longest tennis matches. What did McEnroe and Becker play in Davis Cup, 7 hours? Badminton, squash and tennis are all different kind of demanding, where badminton demands the most explosive power in a short periods as rallies are mostly around 10-20 seconds. Squash is between tennis and badminton but none of these 3 sports are more demanding than any other physically imho. I do agree though that Bo3 in tennis takes some of the physicality away. I remember when we compared test between badminton and squash top players in our country and badminton players had by far more explosive power. Than again squash players had clearly better results in Cooper test (12 min) or similar. Sami Elopuro (world ranking best ever Finn) used to run 4000m in 12 min.

[@littleman787]

@@peterhammer4644 You are so ignorant. In the 97 minutes vs. 288 mins (squash vs tennis records), Momen ran 5000m whilst Nadal ran 2700m. Ball was in play 60% of that time in squash, only 15% of the time in tennis. Average metres covered per rally in squash - 49m, vs 9.4m. Just stop embarassing yourself defending that sport. It has enough attention and supporters already

[@Go_viral_or_die_tryin]

I don't necessarily disagree with anyone here, which is why I used the weasel word "arguably" in my original comment. Does anyone agree that a rest day would be better before the final (and probably before the semi) would be a good idea?

[@stevehughes1510]

Ali was quick and attritional, he played great, and the sportsmanship between these two was terrific, good to see.

[@mohamedsheik4589]

Farag is a real dude

[@danhodgins4015]

Hell of a match, Farag and Elias put on a show. Fantastic to see a great crowd too!

[@carolinefoulkes9599]

MY TWO FAVORITES..BRAVOOOO, QUE GANE EL MEJOR !!!!

[@mohamedsheik4589]

Ali Farag is the best squash ambassador for the game. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@JK-jr1gs]

Shame Elias can’t physically compete, seems to be the only thing letting down his game

[@woshihuo]

He needs to join Paul coll's fitness trainings.

[@JK-jr1gs]

@@woshihuo they used to train together

[@ricardoborges4637]

He played a 3-2 semi-final. Farag came from a 3-0 game. But indeed this is the final effort he would have to make in order to reach the number 1.

[@JK-jr1gs]

@@ricardoborges4637 true but it’s happened many times in the past. Farag is so good at working opponents. Elias’ natural enemy

[@B1J0D]

The first rally of this video shows you why Farag is a top 3 in the world right now. He was losing the rally, slowed the tempo down with 2 defensive shots, then goes on the offence to win the rally. To Elias's credit, I've never seen another player stretch Farag out like Elias did in the first 2 games.

[@firstwavenegativity6379]

Why top 3? Who do you consider the top 2?

[@B1J0D]

@@firstwavenegativity6379 specifically put top 3 to prevent any fanboys from arguing with me. But if I was going to answer it honestly. Ali Farag Paul Coll Diego Elias (he has the potential, just needs to keep his head in the game).

[@firstwavenegativity6379]

@@B1J0D Ah, I see. I agree with the list, the only possible point of discussion would be Elias vs Asal, but at this point, that's pretty subjective

[@B1J0D]

@@firstwavenegativity6379 I would put Asal ahead. I just don't personally believe he belongs in the public eye until he cleans his act up

[@oscarjeong9433]

5:51 이거 미쳤다

[@siwoop176]

이걸어케받아친거지

[@stevebrake4676]

He's a lot to deal with 😀Great squash👍👏

[@swingeasyguy]

Very nice final but it was a shame there were so many poor calls by the ref. Not that it determined the outcome but it's a black eye on our sport.

[@neilhansen49]

Farag on... FIRE!

[@lagunasquash]

Ver desde 5:48, como Alli intercepta adelante una paralela de Elias, jamas vi esa anticipacion...

[@davidstudios5086]

Good game

[@niffrig]

Elias has really improved

[@VDHandcrafted]

They were knackered. Best of three? At least Diego

[@grandpatzer]

That is some unbelievable mental toughness from Farag. It could have easily been a 3-0 victory for Elias if only a few key points had gone Elias‘s way.

[@littleman787]

Why all the dislikes?

[@shahg25]

Fark was that Ramy? Man I miss him

[@SoundHumility]

His game is easy for faraq to read.... he has surprising shorts but most of the time faraq is reading him.... his reactions are often slow to catch him of guard

[@thib02]

Unfortunately for Diego, I think he will be physically too short for those kind of matches along his carrier... Hope he can change smth but I would be surprised

[@remcovandijk279]

I think that the problem is that he's playing Farag's game and unless you have the fitness of Paul Coll you're not going to win that. People like the Elshorbagy brothers and Dessouky on a good day know how to derail Farag's game but most players just play predictable squash exactly how Farag likes it and he then beats them with anticipation and shot accuracy.

[@raphaellabbe513]

Someone could explain to me why Asal, Shorbagy brothers, Coll and many other of the best players did not play the JP Morgan?

[@storydeconstructor1922]

Asal got covid, I think Coll and others didn't want to play a tournament so close to next week's world championships

[@Xxx-dd9yj]

Also was a gold, not platinum

[@pallavchaudhary3373]

Ramy Ashour, the king!!!!!!!!

[@abdullahelzakey1575]

championship back to home back to normal, male and female 😊😊😊😊

[@stephenlo1092]

Great much between two. But terrible ref ! How shame the ref was is some points !

[@lrca5675]

why are these players not fit enough (hesham, elias)...what's the point of playing a tournament?

[@oscardial]

what?

[@jugutierrez]

Hahaha you clearly don’t play squash right? What’s the point of making a comment with such ignorance.