🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Makin v Ibrahim 🇪🇬 | Black Ball Squash Open 2024 | FREE FULL MATCH!

[@Dentos19]

Wow this was a brutal game with some great rallies, ibrahim with a massive array of shots,great game a credit to squash👍🥳

[@Magiciantao]

Ahh great to hear my local club (Edinburgh Sports Club) mentioned on the broadcast!

[@Shskzmms-oi5ed]

Great game from both players 👏

[@Jjsquash365]

I think Makin needs to learn like Coll that being fit alone doesn’t win matches and sometimes the ability to attack rather than try and neutralise attack with attrition isn’t the way forward. WR10 vs WR17 should be a good game but not 3-1 in favour of the lower rank. Ibrahim did play well though and is an exciting player (love a good left hander!)

[@ShaneLindsayDr]

WR17 today, But WR1 one day isn't out of the question

[@squashtv]

We spent a full day with Joel Makin earlier this year, and at the start of the day he talked directly about this! Check it out below: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIPTnqmAf7-di9E

[@johnrogstad1278]

Thought the same thing. Not only did Makin go for very few finishing shots here, but the ones he did attempt were hardly severe enough. I kept wondering throughout the match how he was expecting to win outside of errors from Ibrahim.

[@remcovandijk279]

@@johnrogstad1278 Funnily enough, though, some time ago Makin played a few matches where he seemed to really get the hang of attacking squash and he showed great improvement in his short game accuracy. Somehow all of that seems to have been put in the bag again for some reason.

[@johnrogstad1278]

@@remcovandijk279 He probaby just hasn' fully internalized it yet. I will specifically work on certain techniques/strategies and then suddenly manifest them during a match or two, but then revert back to my old ways if I'm not hyper-vigilant. It takes a long time to change with many ups and downs, so maybe just a bit more practice and he'll eventually make that style permanent. I like his game overall, though. And I hope he gets into the top ranks again.

[@amgedessam4167]

Good game, Yousef. Keep it up bro

[@Themethodmix]

It was an incredible match between these two. At times, Makin appeared to underestimate Ibrahim’s rather high retrieval ability. I appreciate that Makin’s squash is a little cleaner than that of Ibrahim. The refereeing decisions seemed to bias Ibrahim, especially in the last half of the match. Makin relies too much on his insane retrieval ability. I worry about the injury risk. No doubt, In the back of Ibrahim’s mind, he appreciated knowing that Makin was unlikely to play attacking shots.

[@jhwheuer]

Oh boy, Ibrahim looks like a real zinger of an opponent.

[@BeakFoundry]

How can reffing be so inconsistent in a single match? A let on one shot is a no let when it happens in the exact same spot the next rally. Bizarre.

[@remcovandijk279]

That stroke at 7-6 in the 2nd game, what on earth?! I hear the commentators talking about Makin not backing out enough, while the ball is 1.5 meters away from Ibrahim so he's nowhere near the ball to hit it. Why is it important what Makin is or is not doing if the ball is that far away still? How can points be awarded on hypothetical if-thens if the player isn't able to hit the ball from where he's standing?

[@harrychapples3214]

once agan, refereeing is poor for such a high level event. How many times do the players need to stop play?!

[@da7war655]

Why is the word Egypt not written on the glass court??

[@eddyedwards6273]

Ah the Makin of old, could he not just try some attacking shots instead of endlessly hit down the wall.