Squash: Full Match - Canary Wharf 2010 SF - Matthew v Willstrop

[@inghell]

This is still one of the best squash matches that ever took place. The pace, accuracy, tactical play, add all the drama on top and this was simply phenomenal squash.

[@mattwong7685]

This is one of my favorite videos on squash. More tension than the average blockbuster.

[@AYS4real]

This was a hardcore semifinal match ever played. Thank you PSA for the release of the full match.

[@snogger6]

I don't understand why this match been watched 20,000 times LESS then the other two… this is the best squash on youtube!!

[@marcosette8336]

far less spectacular than Ramy's or Shabana's matches.. maybe?

[@MrCriossant]

Most people enjoy watching the top players, but Egyptian squash is usually a lot more dynamic. Personally, some of the most entertaining squash comes not only when top players play, but when there is a clash of squash styles. A Matthew vs Ashour or Willstrop vs Shorbagy match is one almost everybody might relish

[@snogger6]

MrCriossant If you say so.

[@snogger6]

Marco Sette If you say so, but if you don't think this is spectacular, you're not paying attention, and it's your right to think and say whatever you want.

[@MrCriossant]

After Just Now Just to be clear, this match is spectacular :D

[@raghul2k]

Unbelievable game of squash. IMHO, one of the best squash matches of the last two decades -- the other two being Nicol v Power 2003 super series finals, and of course, Ashour v Shorbagy 2014 World Championships. I rate this a cut above the other two purely because of the attritional nature and the strategic and mental aspects on test right through out the match. Also a clash between the two quintessentially British schools of squash was on display. The match marks the end of an era, in that the nature of the game changed quite a bit in the last decade. This is in some sense the last of the classic Anglo-Saxon style of squash matches. That said, if only Willstrop had taken the third at 10-7 instead of extending the game by a further 15 mins. That hurt him in the end.

[@Rexaze]

thank PSA TV for all the full matches on youtube! finally able to watch all of these again!

[@ShellysAshes]

Great upload. As someone who has only been following pro squash for a few years it’s great to see back when Matthew and Willstrop were still in their prime. The quality of play is amazing.I have to say though, the advances in refereeing this decade have really improved the viewer experience immeasurably. This old style of being forced to sit on the fence, and let/stroke fishing by Matthew especially, takes away massively from the quality of squash on display.

[@georgesinger]

I think this classic match will remain up there with the best to the end of the decade. Great that it was commentated on by the Barrington's!

[@stevehughes1510]

Simply an incredible match............both of them were just amazing and at the top of their game.

[@yashrandive11]

Used it for video training, helped a lot! Thanks PSA!

[@ucastony]

Epic squash! Both players raised the bar with this match. Incredible that Nick played so well in the final after this brutal match.

[@miheerprakash4163]

ucastony did he win?

[@inghell]

This is an absolutely brilliant match. Best match to watch for great tactical and technical squash. In my opinion, the best game in the last 5 or so years.

[@SSS3SSS6SSS9]

James Wilstrop is so entertaining to watch!

[@bigben2612]

Thank you for the full match PSA, it was absolutely fabulous to see it...

[@fern6114]

Marvellous absolutely olympical thanks psa and the players cheers from Luxembourg 🇱🇺

[@kshitizkhatri9733]

This was probably best match ever played by Willstrop. And Nick was as resilient as ever!!!

[@4tune21]

thanks for the full matches, I really can appreciate it.

[@alexzanderking1556]

finally get to see this epic match in full well done psa

[@MrCriossant]

Absolutely phenomenal match. These are an inspiration

[@fahedjavaid1]

18-20 ..wow ...james n nick played amazing squash ..!!!!!!..

[@Pompiq]

thank you for all those full matches, really nice from you!

[@armanjindal9666]

Thank you soo much PSA

[@miheerprakash4163]

thanks psa! awesome choice of matches

[@alfonsjose]

Love that you guys have done this. Been asking for this. This will really really go on to promote squash. Great choice of matches as well!

[@jeroenstarrenburg]

full matches very much appreciated indeed

[@DanTheCaptain]

This was such a fast paced and truly gripping match!

[@amazingwarewolf4330]

I met nick Matthew and got his signature. My brother is 2nd for u11 squash

[@sheikhsheikho9746]

Amazing Ware wolf who’s that?

[@Ceris2]

Thankyou so much!! People keep saying this was one of the best matches they ever played.... THANKS :D

[@chali2145]

its nice to see this match I like to play more squash

[@ggar1966]

Thank PSA TV.

[@skeleben]

Willstrop wins beatifully constructed rally - Matthew gets a let on some bull**** technicality. Wash, rinse, repeat, until Willstrop makes a mistake and gets a stroke against him. Great squash overall, but refs need to be willing to call the No Let once in awhile to keep players honest

[@GregoryDeeg24643]

💯

[@doosungv]

Thank you psa I love psa

[@harrisongladding7148]

Thanks

[@prakashvadukul1115]

this is amazing! thank you psasquashtv

[@Lammingful]

this is beyond awesome, thanks PSA! :)

[@christophertejada6923]

Thanks psa

[@parth1331]

A two hour reading of Squash’s text book.

[@dealer4u]

the best squash ever!

[@miheerprakash4163]

these guys are all heart

[@threethrushes]

Disgraceful refereeing.

[@djaygupta]

Thank you thank you so much!!!!

[@simonwalker8984]

that's what you call a TKO. What a match.

[@stuartreeve915]

Thanks psa more full games pleeeeeeeeeeeease

[@eriksteenkamp3621]

Like 14 gameballs in the 3rd but 28 heart attacks for me so intertaining

[@gamolly]

fantastic squash!

[@LegendOfLocky]

thanks psa!

[@socialrehab9234]

What a match!

[@lewininja250r]

thanks :)

[@MrNandomx]

Thanks for posting this great vid, great game! :)

[@fraserb2]

what grip is nick Matthew using I have the same racket as him

[@justinho1185]

what dunlop model racket is Nick Mathews using?

[@lewininja250r]

Anyone have any idea of what grips these guys use for their rackets? I see so many of them with those yellow grips and i was wondering what they're called, cheers! :)

[@adriantaylor365]

Whilst the squash may have been indistinguishable, there’s definitely a difference in class between these two.

[@hannibalking85]

everyone knows of not for the soft lets this was Wilstrops match

[@miheerprakash4163]

Did Nick win the final?

[@michaelchong8592]

Who watched this last out of the three full matches because it had Nick Matthew...

[@fahedjavaid1]

Check out the rally at 1:00 .....Amazing ..!!!!!

[@ashtonauts1843]

6:52 didnt Matthew hold the ball on his racket?

[@armanjindal9666]

THIS WAS WILLSTROPS MATCH. He should have won... But matthews played really well. At 6-3 in the fourth game when he hit the tin... And in the third game when nick kept on getting strokes..

[@gnfcom]

6:42 impressive floor light effects! i can't imagine how the players didnt complain though.

[@ashtonauts1843]

GFMRLL are you sure it wasnt the video lagging?

[@cookesam6]

haha you dork

[@ashtonauts1843]

sam urai GRMFFL is the dork

[@gnfcom]

thank you gents :) sam urai Ashtonauts

[@gnfcom]

hell of a match anyway

[@BlitzSniperPS3]

That's the most biased referee I've seen in squash... Just wow.

[@jimmorrison4291]

Proper tin sound, especially off the boast..bah-dum TING!

[@f1f2f3456789]

Nick may be an excellent player with a brilliant aggressive game but without him getting cheap lets and cheap strokes (sometimes fishing for them) when he can play the ball, he wouldn't have won that much all the time and sometimes he probably would have lost. Nick Matthew - a prolific fisher of cheap strokes and lets.

[@armanjindal9666]

David Wee With all due respect, you obviously haven't seen him play much. He is know for his amazing ability to play free flowing squash and go through interferance and play the ball. If he gets a stroke or a let, he is just following the rules..

[@user-br3fr9fd5i]

Arman Jindal I completely agree with you there Arman.

[@miheerprakash4163]

Arman Jindal, agree with you man, its all part of the game, some decisions go your way, some don't

[@danielbrett247]

Actually feel the ref was very pro Matthew in the final game. Lot of soft lets given in one direction and some harsh no-lets given in the other.

[@MrNitKap]

20-18 😳😳 …Mat made Will play an complete extra game from 10-8…

[@obzzervant]

Gladiators!

[@olipreston1]

The ref calls at the end of the third are a joke. How can Nick get away with so many lets when he's taking the wrong line. Video ref and review has improved the game massively.

[@ashtonauts1843]

8:40 I dont know how that was a let, except if the ball was too close to Willstrop xD

[@ktbmyers78]

Why is the beginning of this video so damn scary?

[@jonaloin]

Even if it may have been a great match, I cannot watch Nick Matthew, especially when he wins. Always rooting for him to lose lol.

[@hannibalking85]

+jonaloin he whines all the time thats why

[@alborznekoeian4096]

This was like the fifth time ive watched this match. And every time i got angry with that awful refree and his cheap decisions

[@kensmith8015]

Fantastic match but should Nick really have got a let every time the ball was past him...?

[@nevercrit7237]

Is the 2nd comentator Stephen Hawking?

[@joshwhite3339]

jonah barrington one of the best ever

[@JordanPerrier]

that's what she said.

[@Pomena22]

Most probably karakal pu super grip :)

[@dragonslaya47]

Hello people! I personally know James in real life. I know a lot about him cause he is my mums cousin. If you have any questions about him then ask me! And no, I'm not lying.

[@shl9065]

DRAGON SLAYA 99

[@dancraig750]

How different the reffing is in 2021. So many no lets and strokes would have been called in this match. Also no review or video replay...... Would have been a completely different game! Imagine Asal playing in this match in 2010.

[@tomwbsmith]

They should have released all these free in the years leading up to the failed olympic bid! too little too late

[@stevehughes1510]

The No Let at 7 all in the 5th was not good at all from the referee, I think he went to sleep.

[@bigroyuk]

Nick Matthew is a phenomenal athlete, an incredible talented man with a racket but I WISH he wouldn't moan quite as much.

[@serriniskim]

min 26

[@danm123]

Hmm according to 2:41 he turned pro 1998. But he was born 1993 to be 29 now, so he was 6 yo when he turned pro?!

[@squashtv]

He was born in 1980 - turned pro at 1998 at the age of 18

[@danm123]

@@squashtv oh didn't see it was 2010 open🤦‍♂️

[@doosungv]

이당시 레프리보면 속터진다..

[@Thex57]

I like the new nick better than this nick

[@hannibalking85]

Nick Matthew went for the softest lets and got them

[@bertgodfrey3128]

Some of the worse refereeing I've ever seen unfortunately! But a cracking match never the less

[@garethsmith7024]

I'd rate Matthew as a good player, if it wasn't for all his cheating e.g. he calls a ball out and gets a let, then he says James' ball is down on the front right and gets a let. Appalling cheating and dreadful refereeing. No wonder people are confused by squash.

[@K2Kelp]

Why aren't they wearing goggles?

[@K2Kelp]

When I play squash I wear goggles due to the high speed of the ball.I guess it's different in this video then..

[@K2Kelp]

Oh, thanks

[@xneieva2]

Squash oustanding. The video however was let down by the commentary which was characterised by the most crass, pompous, self-indulgent drivel. Far better to have just the squash and scoring.

[@alfonsjose]

Love that you guys have done this. Been asking for this. This will really really go on to promote squash. Great choice of matches as well!