Squash: ElShorbagy v Gaultier - Tournament of Champions 2017 SF Highlights

[@threethrushes]

As a relative newbie to the sport, this is one of the most entertaining matches I have watched. Gaulthier was robbed by the double pick up and exacted revenge to one of the best in the game. The theatre was Shakespearean at times and thank bloody God - sport is formalised war and these two were gladiators trying to destroy their opponent. Love it. Bring on the Final.

[@pignonMZ6]

This. All the "experts" calling that match "bad for the sport" and other ethic BS should read that comment, connect their 2 brain cells to understand it and shove right where the sun never shines. Thank you for commenting, and yes, we need more matches like that one.

[@threethrushes]

pignonMZ6 And credit to PSA for bringing the theatre to us for free. It makes me much more likely to attend a competition in person in the future, and improve my own amateur squash outings!

[@ricardoborges4637]

Had to play 3 more games, got injured and never recovered. It was the end of his career.

[@zeejay8198]

the music that started near the end made gaultier look even more badass

[@AndrewWilsonirishbore]

Loved that. Drama. Spectacle. Supreme skill. Skull duggery. Gamesmanship. Pantomime. Entertainment.

[@fm1326]

Watching this match after a long time(have watched it quite many times already) still keeps you entertained and enchanted deeply. Gaultier is such an exciting player of his time.

[@lewininja250r]

haha this was absolutely brilliant! can't wait to watch the full match. The squash was amazing and the theatrics were even better, so entertaining! Go Greg you legend!

[@drubber007]

A legend of cheats.

[@luqi01]

"another hip thrust! its all coming out now!" hahahaha brilliant commentary 12:46

[@saulhudson]

My favourite match so far, Greg, you will be missed!

[@andres190393]

Wow, expectacular match!!, you could complaining all you want about the behavior of both of them, but you have to admit they made this game an expectacle!! wich is what the sport need, people claping and feeling the passion for the sport!!, this match will be remeber!!

[@AllanKant]

One of the most entertaining matches I've ever seen

[@JeffreyThePilot]

The Ole Harlem Hustle! Gaultier pulled off a straight up scandal! What an awsome match to have been to. Probably the most entertaining match ive ever seen in my entire life.

[@chinmayadixit2254]

Most hilarious game of squash I have ever seen

[@schnizler3248]

shit man. One of the greatest matches i've watched. giving this one a big ol' like

[@TravCS]

One of the best I've seen for a long time in terms of drama, after seeing that pick up on the big screen I probably would have gone just as ballistic. Not sure about that "injury", though...

[@jakubs.6817]

but you can see that he has difficulties in the movement. Ofcourse you can act after a rallie, but you can't during it. Here you see that he has problems in both cases, though he's a bit exadurating after the rallie.. On the other hand there is so much adrenalin, that you just overcome the pain during the rallie. I had many of such examples during my matches, for instance someone hit me with the racket during one game, but I didn't felt much pain, but as soon as I returned home my arm started to hurt so much. I think everyone knows it

[@ninghama]

Look at the pick up again. He got it.

[@JordanPerrier]

ninghama it's sooooo close and these announcers are acting like it's an obvious double

[@dwaynedibley]

About time they used high speed cameras for video reviews!

[@jamesaddison81]

Agreed!

[@jacksonhill8032]

I love everyone on here acting high and mighty, criticizing the best players in the world, who have devoted their entire lives to squash, on etiquette.

[@iberofernandez7888]

To all Gaultier haters, you know what ? He is one of the greatest Squash Ambassadors in the planet, in the history of the sport, he is just an intense person, but nobody can thrash him about his talent , personality or game intensity . The PSA needs at least three or more players with the personality and attitude of Gregory Gaultier. The French General Rules

[@Benj-p5w]

exactly!!!!!

[@NourEssawy]

:'D u made me laugh, especially in the part " the greatest Squash Ambassadors in the planet, in the history of the sport"

[@farhanzafry7330]

Ibero Fernández what kind of a joke is this? How tf is he the greatest ambassador? Go and look at how nicol and james (wilstrop) carry their attitude... Then probably you'll understand the meaning of the word "ambassador"... The sport needs more athletes with humility

[@NourEssawy]

I would say Shabs !! even though when he was losing ,, kept calm and nice !! never acted never cheated !!!

[@adamwatson7669]

I disagree. Very fair on court, always acknowledges good shots from opponents, etc.

[@iberofernandez7888]

I really don´t understand some people, This is Squash , this sport is one of the most intense disciplines and you criticize Gaultier when his raise his fist or celebrate an important point. What do you want ?? Non charismatic players ?? Players with no personality ?? Then you must see a Golf Tournament

[@taxi_boast]

Exactly! I've watched Gaultier play live a few times and the crowd absolutely loves him. It's really great that he gets the crowd so involved. Great for the sport. We need characters like him. Even the players seem to enjoy his celebrations.

[@miheerprakash4163]

Ibero Fernández loving ur comments bro!! :)

[@Benj-p5w]

so true! or freaking curling or rowing also

[@JasonTysoe]

Anyone complaining about the conduct of these players just needs to look at the number of views/comments this video has got compared to other videos of the tournament (more then either final). This is entertainment and squash at the highest level with drama thrown in. Great for the sport in my opinion. Everyone loves a villain.

[@likelydaily6767]

Let's not forget the match between Gaultier and Elshorbagy when the latter kept using the equally unfair tactic of calling in the court attendants to dry the court when it wasn't even wet, every time Gaultier gained any momentum in the game. Then telling them in Arabic to take their time. This may not be that honourable but it was one thing, and that's pay back.

[@ahmedmuneeb9304]

what about that injury break gaultier took. Cant you see

[@likelydaily6767]

@@ahmedmuneeb9304 Yes I can see. It’s almost as if both players use all means at their disposal to win their games.

[@benjo0101]

What an awesome rivalry to watch.

[@nabilmerchant6439]

AMAZING GAME VERY MUCH APPRECIATED

[@IZZINATOR1]

surely one of the great games, esp. given previous games between these two!

[@h2htill1]

What a match - was rooting for Shorbagy but Gaultoiers celebrations made it for me

[@raunakdamle4946]

Hell, almost thought gaultier's out of the tournament. Greg pulled it off. fabulous.

[@alfredtu2]

At least Gaultier shook hands and hugged shorbagy after El Gouna, Shorbagy just gave a weak hand shake and left. lol overall was really good games though.

[@Siatkowkarzadzi]

Good point!

[@Benj-p5w]

i cannot believe of people are looking for spectacle and at the same time grossly trash Gaultier for what hes done.. if you like to get bored watching squash then dont watch him! he was injured and shorbagy fans cant believe gaultier mind played him! thats a first for greg to mentally not cracking down in this kind of situation so all respect to him.

[@haydn.oneill]

The good ol injury time tactic

[@cookesam6]

Not against the rules......

[@irfanvirji5319]

Lmaoooo

[@louis4222]

Clever call on the injury time.

[@Ro-12-21]

8:40 "It's like an adrenaline factory here in NY" haha love it!

[@hrithikroshan7588]

Incredible victory for gaultier!

[@vivekdubey8520]

Gaultier showing shorbagy how its done !! #ElGounaRevenge

[@ShellysAshes]

Gaultier's attempted head-stand at the end was the greatest act of trolling since Borat.

[@Mr123456roy]

Very good game. high intensity, high drama. the game could have been a 3-0 gaultier but with the assistant of video ref, we got a very entertaining match

[@TravCS]

this gonn be goooood

[@theblueism]

i wont blame Gaultier for taking an injury time out. he was wronged first and he had to do it to recover his momentum. had he taken an injury time off before the wrong double bounce decision...he could be accused of bad sportsmanship. however, i do think its time for better replays.

[@cookesam6]

WOOOOO im so glad gaultier finally got his revenge... good game

[@laurentoutang8273]

Think Gaultier won't participate the final cause of his injury. Anyway Gawad will destroy him. A bit of a shame that Ashour is not there. I miss his behavior and class

[@artinterior724]

Гріша Крутий трюкач, дуже ефектно зіграв. БРАВО!!!

[@victorioamoedo3894]

Amazing!

[@linasherif5811]

this is a entertaining match not a squash match😂😂😂but I love it it's amazing good work from both👍👍👌

[@ArteDanielCaro]

What kind of ball are they using? I use a more or less old double yellow ball but it doesn't bounce like in this video (assuming they are using double yellow too as a professional players they are).

[@nickpritchard7130]

Very entertaining SF.. Well done Gregory !!

[@christophemansuis4013]

Fake or not, if you play Squash even a little bit, you cannot shown anything else but massive respect to both players. Mentally, physically, this is the toughest sport. Plus, what a TV moment....So stop hating and just enjoy :)

[@Mveup]

Best match ever

[@pineappletrees8348]

Bloody hell that was the most dramatic and controversial squash match i have ever seen!!

[@obzzervant]

Full recording of the last game please! :)

[@squashtv]

psaworldtour.com/tv or eurosportplayer.com or shop.psaworldtour.com :)

[@DavidMacVicar]

I saw this game in person and it was f@%)@! mental.

[@jasoncrease]

Amazing. Some dynamite commentary too: "Gregeory Gaultier is conducting the crowd with some hip-thrusting". Sure the sportmanship was poor, but this video definitely gets a Like from me!

[@TheHilarious91]

I don't understand what everyone is complaining about here. The referee allowed him for injury break, he lost the game and won the subsequent one, fair and square. anyone care to explain?

[@ongkahkiong]

happy for Gaultier. He deserved it

[@Punz-WaLLaH]

At 1:33 Gualtier Pushed back on purpose

[@lakshyathackur9654]

best match

[@Tubulousity]

Great antics, but it just makes you miss Ramy even more when he's down and out...

[@santino4561]

love gaultier's celebrations

[@kckcmctcrc]

Are the announcers seeing the same replay as what's being shown on this video? end of Game 3.."The ball was clearly down"... I certainly cannot tell that this was "Clear". And the video called it up.

[@GodieMI]

Insane!!!

[@ZHONGXueyin]

What a game!!

[@jmuirhead100]

Sick Match. Gaultier obviously dislieks Elshorbagy for that blatant lack of sportmanship in their other 5 game matchup last year when he asked Gaultier for more time then hammered the ball down Gaultier's throat after Gaultier lazily served it by accident. Back to this match.. that ball looked down in the third game as well, so I'm glad the general won. He may however have taken the theatrics a bit too far...yikes.

[@gautamanyt]

I like rivalries. Cheap tactics on Gautiers part, we will never know for sure. But we definitely got to see some good squash.

[@Boabywankenobi]

Made the mistake of reading the comments before watching the footage. Probably not how we want to think of squash, aggressive celebrations, but whilst Gaultier started it Elshobagy didn't hold back much at the end of the 3rd game. Furthermore, I think Gaultier was definitely "at it" with the supposed injury and he was also done over with some incredibly poor refereeing on the double (a game he looked like winning and there for winning the entire match) so it all evens out IMO.

[@pallavchaudhary3373]

One of the best matches of all time! Hail the general!

[@ashtonauts1843]

1:20 No Let 1:18 Elshorbagy didn't double hit it 4:09 Let 6:49 Double bounce

[@waqarhashmi6896]

Gaultier played mind game with elshorbagy :

[@liamsfilms2810]

Round???

[@squashtv]

Semi-Finals, as mentioned in the title and thumbnail

[@TheAverageAngryGamer]

...and on the tin

[@squashtv]

good point!

[@cookesam6]

Ludwig Wittgenduck learn to tolerate you silly goose

[@linasherif5811]

😂😂😂hahaha

[@gnfcom]

wow, what a battle

[@uetel1120]

The ball ElShorbagy piked up was clearly double bounced. Why was the judge that was yes let?

[@duboisstewart8265]

Wait so he wasn't injured?

[@johndevor5498]

Squash Theater 3000

[@charlessellers434]

WOW!!!!!

[@johansst83]

Weirdest match ever

[@pignonMZ6]

One of the best, view count and comment count say so.

[@johansst83]

Weird in a good way

[@aocnarf]

Un gran actor el franchute!

[@emmanuelchirinos8950]

Arriba los jugadores no egipcios

[@alfredtu2]

Just re watched this, unreal. Cause after this Gaultier took a senzu bean and went super sayian the rest of the season. True Warrior.

[@ninghama]

7:24 It was not a double bounce. The pick up was good. Gautier is crazy and should apologize for his reaction. The video commentators are also blind.

[@charlesramsey3238]

Gaultier on revenge

[@nickc3053]

Elshorbagy was constantly out of position so pushed into Gaultier instead in the hope to get obstruction.

[@kollapamig9750]

What about all these comments of Gaultier, ever been in a real squash match? in a PSA tournament? If you have, then you know how a injury work, you think of it, -it hurts, but if you start winning points with it start having fun the adrenalin starts pumping, -The injury becomes a part of your game. You can clearly see Gaultier plays extremely well organized squash in the last game, he clearly won that because of his squash? Sportsmanship or not he won the match, he didn't cheat.

[@Benj-p5w]

Best game ever...Shorbagy swallowed it

[@EternalTuna]

I'm all for getting pumped up after winning a point after a huge rally but after every point is a little excessive

[@pignonMZ6]

You must be a riot at parties.

[@watching99134]

This wasn't a video of the whole match, just highlights.

[@benboulanger9069]

Unbelievable

[@fanatamon]

Gaultier such a dude.

[@Rocky7GTR]

That was class by gaultier 😂 So funny😂😂

[@vandrickinman-benavente1975]

That was a double bounce

[@ashtonauts1843]

4:09 was a let for me

[@DimaKats2]

Clearly a double bounce? For me it was clearly not a double bounce

[@jslute]

The General? huh!! should be The Schyster cagey devil.Great highlight PSA tv 14min plus can't go wrong.

[@gatesportcom]

well done Greg.

[@Benj-p5w]

De toute beaute!!! Mouhahaha bien joue GREG!!!!

[@1000000trs]

Miss The General.

[@jimmywoo6653]

What did Gaultier take before this match he's acting like a mad man!!!

[@dalstonjazz]

Great stuff but I'm not sure it's going to get squash into the Olympic games...

[@pignonMZ6]

dalstonjazz oh because the classy boring stuff helped us? I'm sure it's the afternoon tea that got Skateboard in... Old squash got us nowhere near the games while Skateboard got in wearing loose trousers, you need a clue.

[@dalstonjazz]

Well you could be right - nothing wrong with working the audience and some gamespersonship but it's a sport that does need ethics on declaring things like bad pickups (as with golf).

[@Ben_747]

Sorry but in 2017 why are their video review cameras so bad!? Honestly my phone has better slow motion capabilities than the cameras they use.. In a way I'm glad however as it means we got 5 games instead of just 3.

[@squashtv]

But does your phone produce TV broadcast quality pictures? I doubt it. The equipment we use is of TV broadcast standard, sure we'd like higher frame rate cameras that provide more clarity for things like pickups, tins and outs. But at the moment we do the best we can with the budget and equipment we have. The staff at SquashTV strive to improve and hopefully someday soon we have cameras that are better than a mobile phones slow motion capabilities. Thank you for watching and enjoying the squash though, it was an incredible match to cover.

[@nwelch1001]

epic

[@FA22raptero1]

Everyone's like "I hate how Gaultier conducted himself" and I'm just like he should start talking during all of Elshorbagy's serves. Gaultier might turn into a bit of a jerk but at least he isn't a cheater.

[@jackeaguilar184]

Elshorbagy's is a cheater.

[@adielhoward6271]

Gamesmanship

[@JimmyIsTheBest1]

Since watching this video I've swapped solo practice for faking a limp practice

[@thescull3479]

go on greg

[@KaiserGaming800]

Don't like how Gaultier won that match at all and how he conducted himself. Yes it was legit and it was mind-games but it was a cheap tactic and does not do the sport any favours. Gaultier might have won the match anyway if it wasn't for the horrible call in Game 3, but to win like that, is shocking. Hope he gets smashed in the final

[@Benj-p5w]

KoolaGaming what is shocking could you explain?? he was injured obviously and hes trying to mind game shorbagy to win and made it! it is on the contrary an outstanding performance at this level of sport!

[@MrVikingdane]

KoolaGaming oh Gawad is fresh and ready to destroy him trust me

[@jakubs.6817]

Exactly. He won this match after 2nd game. Shorbagy loves to play unfair and use bad calls to win matches. There are plenty of examples out here on squashtv. Honest players used to hit in purpose the ball down while serving, to show the protest to a wrong call of the ref..

[@alyberop1]

Normally I would agree but Shorbagy had it coming.

[@taxi_boast]

Why was Shorbagy even thinking about Gaultiers injury? He should have stuck to his game plan and should not have been distracted. I don't think this was a cheap tactic at all. Great learning experience for Shorbagy though.

[@NINESHOXXX]

Whether you rate Gaultier or not it was an interesting match and to be fair to Gaultier not that I condone his actions but Shorbagy played a shot when Gaultier thought he was not ready in a peviuous tournoment and Gaultier lost that match so in my view Gaultier just getting back at Shorbagy but the panto shinanigans should not superseed the squash.

[@edelia9066]

Gaultier: Unspeakable player, but disrespectful adversary. I think a less talented but more respectful player is more valuable.

[@gordoncampbell4706]

If Shorbagy could ignore all the drama and antics of Gaultier, he may have won this match. However he was unable to give up the spotlight to Gaultier the master of "gamesmanship" and consequently forgot to play desperate squash. Both players are masters of squash and only one is a double threat. Can you guess who is the master of drama and squash? Cheers to Greg and his coaching staff, mental toughness prevails. Best regards from LTSQUASH.