Squash: J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions 2020 - Men's Rd 3 Roundup [Pt.1]

[@steelpatriot3683]

It certainly seems time that the Tour invested in an ultra clear slo-mo camera for the Video Referee. The technology exists to remove these sort of problematic decisions. Putting it to one side, what a match. Great to see Gaultier playing this good again, and Asal is just a force of nature. He is pure box office

[@nuggethead9679]

They should use whatever cameras they used in Nantes to get the slow-mo footage of Marche and Rosners double dive rally.

[@niffrig]

I just don't like Asal's movement. But Gaultier threw it away in the third

[@archieharris1226]

That game points is a lovely touch, deffo need in all new highlights!

[@cookesam6]

16:20 asal trying to raise Gautier's arm followed by Gautier raising asal's arm just to avoid the situation and leave 😅

[@InshushaGroupie]

Coll vs Richards is a real advert of this great game to a general audience.

[@lordjimbo2]

Man, for four games Asal/Gaultier was pretty much the greatest squash ever. Weirdness on that one point aside, Gaultier clearly ran out of steam in the fifth though. Looking forward to seeing more Asal. That kid is viral video dynamite.

[@tensor131]

.. something about the old order and the new order ...

[@manuplsx]

Greatest squash ever? A good moment for sure, but you must have missed some Elshorbagy vs Ashour or Matthew vs Gaultier matches man :)

[@michalzawadzki6662]

Wait what? Gautier was out for over a year and is still injured -- look at how he's barely (if you know him...) moving. He's slow, his balance is poor, and because of this he was forced to change his playstyle. Gaultier from 2 years ago would still be out of Asal's league. To me it was sad to watch. Nonetheless, I think Asal will catch up with the very top within the next 2-3 years, so good for him.

[@tensor131]

@@michalzawadzki6662 the bottom line is that (sadly/incredibly) GG is 37 years old.

[@jomangeee]

@@michalzawadzki6662 can't agree more, this was the most depressing squash I've seen in a while, watching GG limping across the court was SAD

[@AlessandroFavia]

Asal reminds me of Zion Williamson (phisically)... I really hope he will care about his strength and technique, it's a pleasure to see him on the court!

[@nickyork8901]

Some achievement by that young man!

[@SergeiFedorov77]

It's a double!! Jeez how can they not get it right even with video review?!?

[@ewalltom]

My goodness, I'm old, and my eyes aren't so good, but it was very easy to see that was a double, especially from the first one they showed. It doesn't seem like having a computer program make the decision would be too difficult. There are other factors, such as how the ball came off the racket, that make it clear it was a double, which a program should be able to discern, although it beats me how the video refs can't get this right. At least call a let if you can't see what's happening.

[@kaleWitte]

how can you NOT see that the bal is NOT GOOD!! @15:39 !!!!

[@ngzijian14]

Gaultier always get bad pick up calls from the ref in TOC. Same thing happened when he played mo.shorbagy in 2017 TOC Semis 😭

[@MoeAhmedquantum]

and who gets a favorable refereeing decision against Paul Coll?

[@wayne8797]

I think in extreme cases that even the video ref cannot determine what it is, they should just let them replay the point.

[@jj9749]

It was definitely a double, I checked it at 0.25x

[@jms493]

Yeah thanks...u can see it at .25x speed

[@souLNostia]

I still think he gets it

[@TheHilarious91]

Ball is good. I played at 0.25, frame by frame, asal is too fast, just enough time to stuck his racket between the floor and the ball, hence producing the upwards bounce off his racket, not double bounces. Ball is good IMO

[@FamAlm-gs6mf]

Congratulations for Asal and hard luck to Gaultier...and it will be a good lesson from the 18 yr old to how to express wining feelings in a well respected manner... Not as he done with Mosad's match. 😏

[@davidjousse5993]

Oh, man get over it. This is not a business trip, it is about having fun, that is his way, and that is all (and they know it). These guys know each others very well and I am 100% they do respect each other more than you ever know.

[@oliverkerr5620]

David Jousse it’s also a competitive tournament on a professional level. sure they wanna have fun but they also wanna succeed and win. there’s no point just screwing around and having fun without improving

[@davidjousse5993]

@@oliverkerr5620 I do not understand you. Greg is probably improving (giving it his best anyway in his particular situation) and certainly not screwing around during the match. After the match, why not celebrate. I thought that was funny and a bit touching given what he came through. That is not my way of celebrating but I liked it, and I think it is fine after the match and nothing too exagerated happen during the match. Squash probably needs some caracters like that...

[@FamAlm-gs6mf]

@@davidjousse5993 Well, you may take a look at the matchs which took place after this match and see how all player's act - with no exceptions- when they win. No one did clown business or sticking his tongue out like a dupe! It's not the matter of celebrating after winning, but giving respect to him self first as a well known squash professional player and taking care about his opponents frustration after loosing.

[@bradhalverson6755]

Great game. What is it going to take for these professionals to wear eye protection? 5:30 inadvertent but potentially serious racquet to face. Crazy not to wear eye protection.

[@giannimorselli2900]

Asal clearly gonna be no.1 in 3-4 years time, provided he doesn't get plagued by injuries like Ramy.

[@FDeroo]

Playing the video at x0.25, it is clearly a double. Hard to ref but such a shame with all the modern technology, it still so hard to judge. Too bad for Gaulthier, but nice squash from Asal with some impressive shots

[@lukeh2440]

I find throwing a point when your opponent is one zero and you are on game or match point very interesting. Don’t see it in any other sport

[@nicaskey1]

Richards has got it right in the kisser.

[@thomasevans1959]

Maybe the audience should vote on slow-mo video double checks, it clearly doesn't help the refs get it right... probably didn't affect the outcome though, Gaultier's tank was empty

[@1967briano]

Paul Coll was a fair bit better than Tom Richards. Pj had it right when he said he won 13 points on the trot in the last period of the match. The other commentator was biased, saying Richards played really well. He played only as well as he was left. Coll was coasting. Last point of the match illustrates it.

[@Hallucinatingfreak]

The ball was good

[@hashkenhabib]

it was a doublay all day long

[@Garyck88]

It was definitely good

[@hashkenhabib]

@@Garyck88 if you play it at 0.25x, you can very clearly see the ball starting to bounce upwards before the racket gets there

[@chriscrawford94]

@@hashkenhabib I was doing the same thing and never once saw the ball touch the floor. Downwards the entire way. Very close but it seemed like he just knicked under it with the frame of his racket. IMO that was good, could be wrong but in a situation that close you have to favour the original decision .

[@hashkenhabib]

@@chriscrawford94 It's just as a fairly good squash player myself (not suggesting you aren't, I'm just talking from my own perspective), the timing he gets there feels like a double, and the way the ball spins looks like it bounced first, then get picked up off the frame of the racket. We might disagree about the bounce downward/upward, but the way the ball flies, and the timing of the pickup just both, for me, speak to a double (and that's also why I think both commentators immediately said it was a double). I think at least a let would have been the correct call.

[@kennyg1358]

I'll settle the controversy. The ball was double good. I mean a good double.

[@EAflies]

these commentators are blind, how did you see the ball double???

[@CykOfficial]

F*cking double. No wonder I give up on squash. Ref cant even get it right when it's on video

[@hardlife3846]

Asal is gonna b the comin unstoppable hurricane .......

[@jj9749]

Yes, top 5 in the world will all be Egyptian.

[@hashkenhabib]

I only hope he won't be injured. Seen too many times juniors shoot through without the proper physical work with their stabilizers. He looks strong though, so let's hope.

[@akhilkishore491]

Ramy changed the game so much. Now Asal will add that something else! Very exciting to watch him play.

[@peterhammer6915]

Gaultiers fitness is nowhere his top level. He will come back with better fitness and goes back to top3.

[@1967briano]

Peter Hammer I agree in relation to his fitness. It’s a tall order for Gaultier to get back to No 3 in the World. He’s 37!! Very difficult.

[@peterhammer6915]

@@1967briano It is going to be hard. But he is skill wise still an incredible player.

[@1967briano]

Peter Hammer Yes. A very fine player. But long matches and no rest days catch all the players. Ali Farag ‘s grueler of a match against Paul Coll in the British Open semi final meant he had no chance against Elshorbagy in the final.

[@jacobeliosoff1264]

I like Tom Richards' passion but most of his shots here are just garbage. You can't expect to beat Coll with shots that loose off the sidewall. Contrast eg Gaultier's first game in which, as the commentators note, he hits every shot with purpose - seems like every one is tight to the sidewall, fading in the back, or into the nick. Richards has played much better in the past (and I suspect he hit some good ones here not shown, given the tight scoreline) but these sloppy shots suggest a lack of mental focus. I hope to see him get a big scalp one of these days!

[@jomangeee]

if you ask me Asal down played his game to accommodate a limping opponent nothing more humiliating or respectful depending on how you look at it, if this does not get Gaultier to retire nothing will. But he might as well forget limping his way to any final from now on, a life lesson to allow of us: "when to make a graceful exit!"

[@karthikmurali3407]

Who asked you?

[@talhadar7017]

poor follow through by coll.

[@daviddunphy6583]

first comment

[@adriankacperski2509]

ball was not goood

[@tomg2578]

The ball was good