Squash: Gawad v Gaultier - Tournament of Champions 2017 Final Highlights

[@niftyshorts8338]

Wow! Well done Gawad. So interesting to all those haters who said Gaultier only claps his racquet when he's winning. Watch this - he was clapping when he was 2-1 down and 5-7 down in the last match. Great sportsmen - the both of them.

[@paulthecool30]

nifty shorts he's so unsportsmanlike... Look at the SF

[@chironares]

Yes I agree, I think Gawad is so much easier to respect than Shorbagy. Gaultier knows class when he sees it, and he respects it.

[@jakubs.6817]

correctly, cause shorbagy is a tricky scumbag, like no other player

[@jeffreyduncan8702]

Its a really good example of the differences of squash players. Gawad and Gaultier are polar opposites. Different styles, different body shapes, different movement patterns, different on-court personalities, different use of the crowd, different nationalities, opposites of age. I think that's why this final is special for me. It's not another case of an Egyptian who hits cold winners playing another Egyptian who also hits cold winners, in Egypt. I think thats also why I've liked Matthew's recent form and the resurgence of Willstrop. :-)

[@gordoncampbell4706]

Congrats to Karim, playing at the top of his game! Congrats to Greg for putting on such a fine example physical and mental toughness. Thanks to PSA Squash TV for this fabulous display of squash, best regards LTSquash.

[@duelmasterblaze4106]

Great Sportsmanship. Gaultier celebrates even if he loses which shows just how he is as a person.

[@TristanYeah]

I absolutely love these guys for totally different reasons. Gaultier is a total character, always so entertaining to watch and plays such amazing squash. Gawad is just such a nice humble dude, and obviously extremely talented. He's going to have an amazing career. They are both a huge asset to the sport.

[@mikesmith3235]

Greg on best behaviour!

[@annahuiee]

awesome, amazing squash game, Gawad is my favorite squash player now after Ashour

[@Pharoah2012]

Great match, great sportsmanship, great tournament

[@lisalane72]

Well deserved by Gawad. He looked physically stronger than Gaultier. I think in Gaultier case sometimes it's better to concede the rally rather than attempt to retrieve every shot and that way you conserve energy....He ran out of steam but of course Gawad retrieval was unbelievable and his shot placement had Gaultier running around the court like a headless chicken!! Gawad is a great ambassador for the sport with his calm demeanor on court and his professionalism

[@LeoLerena]

Gawad is a beast!

[@threethrushes]

Abdallah zamo No friends.

[@ktbmyers78]

Gaultier is such a great competitor. (Even when he misbehaves.) Gawad is perhaps the streakiest player on tour--he'll beat a #1 seed, but lose to a nobody in the second round, during any given tournament.

[@MrFatuswombatus]

And that's what I like, great sportsmanship showed at the end of the match!

[@omarmeer9035]

Jacek Morawski

[@BillBoylan]

What a great final, it was a shame Mazerela the marker made so many errors, he ruined the game especially in the final game. Why don't they pick former players and not old men with poor eyesight, he ruined the end for me, but Gawad did play well as did the French General.

[@aboutdrums]

Fantastic sportsmanship. True athletes.

[@Siatkowkarzadzi]

To all those saying Gaultier is a cheater - look how he avoids using left leg. It's clearly noticable i.e. at 10-10 in 3rd game. Every time he's under pressure he makes lunge with right leg. And look how he lost balance when he put weight on left leg

[@FEAbeas]

looks like an awesome match!

[@user-wq6hr9xi2n]

Gaultier's right arm is HENCH in comparison with his left! What a lad

[@elkamen8902]

its beauotiful final!!!!!!!!

[@charlesramsey3238]

What a match between these two different players, Brutal rally mid game but congrats to Gawad

[@islamamin7332]

Classy performance from a top players, Gawad is the best

[@bartpickford1836]

2 great tacticians: Gaultier commanding from the middle, while gawad can conjure anything from anywhere. Love it!!

[@dnch]

wow, the end of second game to 10-11, what a rally

[@raminwinroth]

Well deserved, gg!

[@TheSpaldozer]

Both such classy, modest and humble players. Matthew / ElShorbagy both so tactless and over competitive.

[@M0odez]

Nick's been a lot better in the last couple of years; I think it's time to cut him some slack as he's definitely not the crybaby he was in 2012.

[@gnorwebthgimi8472]

Gaultier's movement is so casual even when he's fully fit, but it definitely looked a bit laboured in that match. Thought he was milking it a bit against Shorbagy but he was definitely hurting against Gawad

[@M0odez]

That's the difference between a genuine left knee problem vs Shorbagy and an overall body fatigue problem vs Gawad

[@Drdinesh79]

Gawaria deserves win all the way he played the tournament. At present no other better player to defeat him.

[@schnizler3248]

amazing game.

[@richardbeamish9033]

maybe gaultier should have had another injury timeout, just like he did against elshorbagy.

[@kelvincheng9560]

Ramy is the only one to stop this guys .

[@aboale1654]

مبروك ياكيمو

[@simonwalker3973]

Gawad is pure class.

[@grandpatzer]

I love Greg

[@ivychan6010]

Is it just me but at 7:39 you hear someone call "out"?

[@nolanradbourne6396]

7:39 ball actually was out but the refs and players missed it. the random shout of "out" from the crowd was correct

[@1niklasification]

and it did seem to clearly be out!

[@ahfei6847]

Novice question : do all-glass courts provide more bounce to the ball ? Or are these white balls different from the regular double dot black balls ?

[@raystrachan7625]

less bounce on account of the walls not being solid and absorbing some of the impact. have not played with the current white ball, but i am told they are similar to double yellows, but they can get spongy relatively quickly

[@ahfei6847]

Thanks. To me it looks like it bounces so much more than when I play!

[@raystrachan7625]

that would be because they hit the ball twice as hard, the rallies go 5 times as long and the time in between hits is 50% less than most mere squash mortals. in other words the ball has a lot less time to get cold. until you get on court with these guys, it is hard to imagine how quickly everything happens.

[@Tom-pk4gl]

Why do they keep their watches on during the game?

[@andres190393]

Sorry PSA, but I have a problem, I want to see a repeat of the SF between Elshorbagy an Gaultier on Eurosportplayer but the sound has a problem, do you know if it gonna be fixed?? and when??, problem in the sound on the most exciting match!!

[@squashtv]

We've contacted them to let them know of this issue and provided them with a replacement file of the match. We hope they'll upload this soon and will chase them up on it.

[@andres190393]

Thank you very much!!

[@jimbicylesdoughty]

Great TAXI Gawad!

[@thiagogoncalvescosta2186]

two monsters

[@WoodsZacharyWoods]

5:45...hamstrings...how does Gaultier still have them?!

[@inqurious]

I assume he was born without them. c2.staticflickr.com/4/3817/13577887744_16bace4500_b.jpg

[@ravenoversnow]

I can't stand watching the 5-8 point (kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaTdloKDa6aJZ9Em40s) since the ball was clearly out and the ref woefully missed it. PJ asks if there was a 'call', but no -- that's just the audience catching what the ref doesn't see.

[@kckcmctcrc]

Hate the nickname "Baby face Assassin".