Squash: Farag v Ashour - J.P. Morgan China Open 2017 - Final Roundup

Footage of the JP Morgan China Open from August 2017 generously provided by Zhibo TV. Commentary, replays, graphics etc. may not be the same as usual SquashTV productions. You can see the full matches FREE at psaworldtour.com/tv/features
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[@yumao7528]

To be a Chinese commentator you only have to say three words😂😂😂: (i) ohhhh... (to show surprise); (ii) 漂亮(piaoliang, adjective: pretty!) to show that it's a good shot; (iii) 好球(haoqiu, noun: good ball!) to show that it's a good shot. Commentators may say piaoliang or haoqiu repeatedly for several times to show that it's truly a good shot.

[@viiali]

The commentators can barely contain their excitement.

[@jonhart7683]

'Ahhhh Yahhh'

[@yumao7528]

Some words about the quality of commentating of this match. Well, as a amateur squash player in China, I have to admit that currently squash in mainland China is very small, and China Open could be the only tournament that will be televised and streamed online in China, once a year. In my hometown, Hangzhou, one of the top ten cities in China with more than 8m people, only 11 squash courts are publicly available. This match could be the commentator's debut for commentating, the quality is quite limited, but the squash sport is developing rapidly in China, and I believe the quality of commentating will also be much improved in the future.

[@jomangeee9180]

Good luck to you

This is what happens when Ramy is at its best. If I remember correctly, this tournament was the first one after a holiday season and as you can see he is just at another level.

[@ngzijian14]

not just that, it was ramy's first tournament back after injury break if I remember correctly

[@jayneahs1777]

As someone who understands and speaks mandarin, I'm guessing the commentators have little to no knowledge about squash. It was pure cringe

[@dallasreid5776]

Better than Joey Barrington though

[@devsharma6842]

@@dallasreid5776 I disagree. Joey is one of the best commentators in history. His dad was a world champ and one of the greatest players of all time. He understands the sport better than most commentators.

[@zhengheng8421]

bro I agree i can understand mandarin too and all they're saying is "好球” basically saying good ball good ball everytime there's a taxi or a nick

[@alannug]

The first 20 seconds be like "oooooo" "ahhhhh" lol

[@japeking1]

Bloody hell....he looks better than ever..... should be one way traffic coming season.

[@dismal_axe9881]

He's well and truly back!

[@theboxfitchannel4305]

Dismal_Axe 98 for one or two tournaments until he gets injured again but at least that gives the others a chance..

[@TheFenrirWolf]

Well done Ramy, keep it going !!

[@OmarAli-vs1ks]

Wow welcome back wish you all the best wish you win all your matches good luck The maverick , the artist , the one is back

[@paddybascombe7234]

In these highlights, Ramy won 10 points, Ali won 4. Yet the match finished 3-2 to Ramy. Not a very fair ratio.

[@triancirc]

Devious Basco if you watched the match you’d see the ratio is ok. Ramy was 9-1 up first game and 2-0 with match ball and then he lost focus and lost that game and the next pretty quickly hitting too many tins.

[@BFAREY]

Ramy is undefeateable at his best

[@abcevanli]

I am a fan of Farag. I think he going to be number one very soon.

[@apt981]

that's cause you're a frog

[@arnaud78]

@@apt981 You seem to have a real qualm with Farag. If you hang on to that attitude then that's all you'll ever see in Farag I'm afraid.

[@Mveup]

@@apt981 look at him now 🥲

[@aryankhandelwal8667]

The artist seems to be back..

[@bindestregen]

Maybe if he sings to him.

[@insmo]

what's mandarin for "Taxiiii"

[@JC0chap]

Too bad what looks like an epic match between two fantastic players was sullied by terrible camera angles and absolutely woeful commentary (I speak Mandarin). The Shanghai Open played out on the harbour has incredible potential to be a great event on the PSA Tour. I hope all those at PSA can do more to help make it so, and that the game we all love can be further promoted in China and Asia!

[@baguettelecat792]

oo..aah..oo...aah..oooh..😂

[@juwon1234]

he hs lost weight look fitter. movement much better. going to be hard to stop him this season

[@mohamedsaeideid2755]

Two of the best active players. Anyways, RAMY IS BACK!

[@aneeqabid2944]

How they even see the ball with that see through front wall and the lights behind

[@bradsmith6152]

Footage seems a little biased did faraq not get a point or something

[@apt981]

Farag is a bitch, that's why

[@kiddooku3580]

Salty Box Gaming oh it’s you again

[@jms493]

Great to see Ramy back to form. Dare I say better form?

[@theboxfitchannel4305]

The tidley wink crowd has nish atmosphere

[@addereal]

oooh, ahhh, ai yaah, good ball, and beautiful make up just about the entire vocabulary

[@jomangeee9180]

Is this a riddle? ..... Answer: Porn

[@dweeder1453]

Can we have these commentators replace our great PJ and Joey.. haha

[@Hallucinatingfreak]

Did they refuse to let squashtv use their equipment? As far as I know they have different policies and even use different networks and applications. Wasn't the tournament sponsored by JP Morgan done in New York?

[@squashtv]

We haven't yet found a solution to getting a stream out of China, and as they film it themselves it's been bearable for the last couple of years. 100% want to go there next year and will do everything we can to make that possible

[@theboxfitchannel4305]

PSA SQUASHTV the Chinese government won't have that unfortunately. They like to do things there own way. By the atmosphere of that crowd i wouldn't bother. European and American crowds much much better. .

[@matous801]

No scoreboard, no replays, i dont like it like this

[@jms493]

Ramy seemed very upset over that "no let" call. Even so upset he seemed to carry it with him through the rest of the games. He was playing through everything and leaving no call judgement "let" calls up to the ref. Interesting to see someone just play through everything. I actually like it but it bodes no confidence in the refs.

[@jacobeliosoff1264]

I think Ramy has always played like that, going for everything remotely gettable. And I agree with him on the call, though at least this time (unlike the final Serme-Gohar call) the ref had a case.

[@niffrig]

It was a 50/50 call.

[@micahkim6727]

lol he's saying good ball and pretty over and over

[@andypoon3982]

All the commentators said just good ball and beautiful... I recognise I can do better than that

[@fansquash5974]

Me too

[@jonhart7683]

such bad commentary,,, 'Ahhh Yahh!!'

[@roywei1987]

the commentators make me cringe..

[@fansquash5974]

Horrible commentary, poor word and such a few knowledge about the sport, how the sport /rally/short is fantastic, no explanation/no word on how the rules working and why referees give the decisions, and his voice is really noise damaging such a wonderful match and makes sleepy, really don’t know why PSA chose such a low level commentator

[@squashtv]

We didn’t, it was a local broadcast and they gave us a copy of their footage to share :)

[@fansquash5974]

Understand, but this guy’s words and voice really damage such a wonderful final and make me sleepy, have to watch the games soundlessly, don’t want to hear such awful commentary this year as the tournament undergoing in ShangHai!! PSA should check such local broadcast or send top commentators on site, like PJ and JB, look forward to exciting and exact professional words, this is PSA Gold Tournament!!!

[@abdelreda3498]

I am not sure what is happening to #PSASQUASHTV. Commentating should be in English or at least English subtitles. Score Board should be clearly visible. This is a highlight with no idea what the score is. I feel #PSASQUASHTV is going backwards!

[@triancirc]

Abdel Reda This tournament wasn’t covered by squashtv and luckily for us squashtv got the videos and shared them with us. Piao Liang SquashTv!

[@squashtv]

Did you not read the graphic at the start of the video OR the description?

[@abdelreda3498]

#PSASQUASHTV thank you for your quick reply. Did not notice it was provided to you by Zhibo TV. I would love for #PSASQUASHTV to include in the future before and after interviews with top 5/10 players men & women in every major tournament to make the sport bigger than #Tennis #PSAFan

[@russell.bishop]

Abdel Reda you need to pick your moments a little better, pal. Maybe let this one blow over before you get out your wishlist.

[@abdelreda3498]

Well said Russell Bishop :D Save face :)