"THAT MUST BE THE LONGEST GAME OF HIS LIFE" - Elias v Asal - Canary Wharf 2020 - Free Game Friday

Watched this live, fell asleep.

Quick question, how is playing in a glass court different to playing on a normal court? Do you have to work harder when hitting the ball?

Very bad refereeing.

That roller was karma saying she knows where you live, baahahaha!

This game was 40 minutes long in a cold glass court. Wow.

This game was 40 minutes long in a cold glass court. Wow.

At 10 all Diego doesn’t call his double bounce pickup and then does a soccer dive?? Out of character but asal was starting to use pushing tactics but Diego was also starting to get over sensitive even when asal did nothing wrong at times. Video ref has mitigated this mostly but it’s such a weakness of squash as a game that gamesmanship and subjective decisions makes only a handful of referees in the world able to judge fairly on high level games. There’s just too much subjectivity. Still love the game of course.

Thats why Diego lost this match. The refereeing had a terrible day. In a regular squash game, Diego would be serving 7x3 in the first game.

I'd like to see these guys play more aggressively, especially Elias. He tends to get too comfortable with a monotonous, medium paced game that doesn't put a whole lot of pressure on his opponents. I'd like to see a little more David Palmer or John White in his game. Attacking. More volleying. Shorter rallies. Joel Makin is another one.

Asal is a footballing player like the rubbish Elshorbaggy brother. Both will cheat given half a chance. Do not like their style of play at all.

ref top c

This is the kind of game when the ref wants to be the star 👹

Has the rules changed in clearing in the last couple of years? Because those first two let’s looked easy strokes

Ouch that stroke was harsh

Wow at 4-7 it should be 7-3 harsh refereeing. I wonder how this game turns out

I saw Asal give a little dirty knee in the British open he should watch this before he seriously injured a player and the referees should watch out for this

Some very inconsistent reffing

To be fair, I feel Elias in this match is playing too much on Asal's dirty reputation (that exists for a reason, surely). Sometimes his réactions are overexagerated to force a décision it seems.

Wow what a game that was, some poor refereeing here, I’m not an asal fan but for a big guy he’s really fast around court,he’s also got great racket power and shot selection he’s a force to be reconned with in the future,if only he’d let his squash do the talking and stop being an arse he would be more likeable

I saw these two commentators, Selby and Barrington have a similar 'Battle of Santiago' style match in the British Nationals at Manchester a few years ago, that was also an epic!

Fake string breaking to get some more rest :(

This game would have been 18 minutes with Diego rightfully winning if it weren’t for the poor and inconsistent refereeing.

The first two lets were clear as day strokes and then the ref give Asal a stroke for the same thing. The ref goes on to prove that in order to get a stroke you have to fully swing and hit your opponent with your racket to get a proper stroke call.

Unreal and unfair to Elias. He played so well in this game but Asal’s mental game was too strong to take the match.

Seeing a lot of very valid comments about the refereeing. Very strange how inconsistent they are, and how often the just give lets! Elias should have had about 3 or 4 strokes there, and Asal got several lets which another ref on another day could have borderline No Lets. These refs must be much stricter and give more consistent messages to their players to play the ball and clear their shots!

Elias nicking Asal with the racquet and getting awarded the stroke is a direct consequence of the first two instances where the ref gave a let when Elias had an advantage in the point and Asal wasn't quite clear of the shot. Good reffing promotes safe play.

Can I just say the new camera angle above and moving round is amazing for squash. It gives the viewers a lot more depth and really shows the movement of the players

It is a shambles if you get rewarded putting a hand on another player and pushing them towards the ball. Just encourages fishing and traffic issues.

Amazing! Great watch - Ref done really well!

Phenomenal athletes 👏

Poor umpring

Wow what a game

Editing is very poor at times. The front camera is no good. Backhand camera angle missed entirely Elias’ cross court nick. Bottom line, if you can’t see where the ball hits the front wall, you are not really watching the game. You’re only watching technique and foot work for your own training.

cowardly player AS

Ref had money on Asal

useless ref

Phenomenal athletes however bit boring tactics right?

this is canary wharf 2022 right? not 2020

shameless Asal exploiting bad reff...

One wants the both of them to stay on the court forever, while the other wants to knock both of themselves out as soon as possible😂

It says Canary Wharf 2020 As the title but the court bottom part says Canary Wharf 2022😂😂😂

Asal is a disgrace to the game