Squash: Momen v Farag - Men's Final Roundup - PSA World Championships 2018/19

[@gaz1967]

He's just getting better and better, superb, intelligent squash.

[@jamesnicol3932]

I'd like to see who wins the 'leaving the court after every match battle'. I've never seen Farag exit first and lose.

[@shaymoloney6083]

It's getting so tiring looking at him trying to be soooo nice... wish he'd just get on playing squash and stop trying to be Mr nice guy... it's too much now...

[@fanatamon]

Shay Moloney agreed, and he’s way less of good sportsmanship then he makes out to be.

[@AANasseh]

Congratulations Ali Farag for a well deserved victory and number 1 ranking!

[@eliotkim2417]

Fantastic Farag!

[@tim8577]

unbelievable gets..... and this is not an Olympic sport but break dancing is being considered. No hope for the human race.

[@Tdoginthemix]

@WILLIAM RUTTER what about rhythmic gymnastics or dance?

[@BBGBITW]

Momen had a very tough semi, it did show.

[@L536775]

He is physically and mentally down!!! Ali Farag was lucky in 3 tournaments this year..

[@davidjousse5993]

I suppose if you are lucky 3 times, it means you have talent ;-)

[@taylorg2743]

Amazing squash by Farag

[@lukavandekerkhove76]

Way too good

[@azjmsxhn]

farag is such a bae...congrats!

[@BeniMano]

Maybe the most consistent and most relaxed player atm...

[@4chels]

They hit the same way each time

[@MartinPower]

"pipe cleaner type body of farag" :'D

[@parttroll1]

Or as thin as a lath in our part of town

[@oodid]

Farag is an incredibly strong player, i currently can't see anyone who able to beat him

[@benclarice13]

5:27 Joey does love a double entendre

[@muhammadikramkhan3721]

There is something strange going on with Farag's squash. He is playing with all his mind. Lobbying almost every ball, which is giving him lucky bounces. I think some kind of psychologists and think tanks are working with him. The way he beat Rosner is also strange. Squash is more of a physical sport, however during a game when mind is exerted too much your physicals get weak. So you hardly reach a balance point where your physical and mentals approach to a maximum. PSA needs to look into what Farag is doing.........it is not possible somehow, not at least at this time of game of squash.

[@L536775]

That's also a statergy to play squash.. It's called Physical Chess. What PSA can do on this? PSA can check if he takes any drugs during the matches. Indeed he is lucky in 3 tournaments, Qatar Open, TOC & this one.

[@luismikalim2535]

I think it's just a smart way of playing squash. He lobs so that he can get time to recover and his lobs are good so the opponent cant play a really good attacking shot and by lobbing to back corners, the bounce of the ball could be really hard to get as it is close to the back wall. I think Ali Farag doesnt emphasize as much on nicks and kills but more of tight shots and shots that require the opponent to run diagonals. By hitting such shots he is waiting for the opponent to return a loose ball and then punish them with his volleys/ drops. And i think the lucky bounces u talk about are all from his years of trainings to allow him to hit such immaculate width that allows for a lucky bounce.

[@RondelayAOK]

Shame tickets were cost-prohibitive.

[@rodeolo1]

All-Egyptian PAN-Squash...

[@EAflies]

was it Momen who screamed like a girl at 5:08???

[@krishgoyal8965]

Yes

[@randomspectator39]

*wipes sweaty hand on glass* Other competitors who wiped their hands on the glass before: _Polish jerry_

[@CheapHomeTech]

How uneventful. At the start of this tournament I predicted there was a 90% chance Mr. Fantastic would win it.

[@1967briano]

Ivor O'Connor Farag was a proverbial certainty to win given their respective semi finals. Farag is probably marginally better than momen anyway. Momen was really tired in the fourth. Farag prolonged the rallies. Momen had a 97/8 minute semi final. The bookies had Farag 4/11 before the game. Fair play to Farag. I'm glad he won. 😊

[@CheapHomeTech]

@@1967briano He's so boring though. I'm still hoping Rosner will get his head together and quit being so intimidated. Start holding his shots, start taxiing, and become the next magic man leaving mr fantastic dumbfounded about why he is always guessing wrong.

[@1967briano]

Ivor O'Connor Fair point. Farag is steady. But a bit loose at times particularly when cross courting. Jansher would annihilate these guys. Rosner is not bad but I don't see him becoming world champion.

[@Madridegy]

Awesome Egyptians :)

[@zac.jatkinson2327]

Jeez $1,000,000

[@samprice9423]

Zac Atkinson is the total prize pool for the whole tourney! Squash unfortunately is not that rich... yet!

[@zac.jatkinson2327]

@@samprice9423 How much of that would the winner get?

[@handlebarsanwar3150]

Zac Atkinson about $70k...

[@MrJoel3498]

It's 500,000 each for the men and women's

[@MrCypresss]

Too many lucky bounces for Farag. :-(

[@phinbillington1342]

That was just in the highlights. If you’d watched the whole game you’d have seen that farag won by patient, attritional squash and by waiting for errors from Momen

[@edfincher952]

the funny thing is the more he plays the luckier he gets.

[@littlejohn69ful]

This guy get impossible balls!!