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DAY OF SHAME FOR PSA. So much ratio in the comments. All of us who love squash are sickened by the disgusting behaviour of Asal and Gohar.

Terrible attitude by Asal and by the audience, a real disgrace for the sport. Used to be a game for gentlemen... Glad there's still players like Gawad.

If Mostafa keeps getting away with cheating, he will just keep on doing it. Squash is not meant to be a physical blocking game. In the first match against Elias he actually grabbed his playing hand to interfere with Elias' shot, he should be disqualified from the tournament for doing that. I will no longer watch any match with Asal playing as he does a disservice to the sport I love so much. There are many many better Egyptian players that I love, from Farag all the way down to the Viper and beyond.

Elias is such a gentleman. Hats off to his patience

As viewers we should boycott Asal's game to make PSA do something about it ☠

Seeing the match live it is such a shame to have someone so talented acting the way he does. Deliberately stepping into his opponents lines and also leaving the racket on purpose several times is just so sad to see. Referees has to step in and punish this behavior. Andrea probably told Asal to provide access for Elias about 20 times this match without penalizing him....

As long as PSA allows Asal to continue behaving like this, squash will devolve from a second-rate sport to a third-rate sport sadly.

Pretty horrific tournament for the PSA. The refereeing has completely fallen off a cliff, the winners are openly flouting both the letter and the spirit of the rules and events in Egypt are rapidly becoming unwatchable due to crowd intimidation. Mark Walter needs to get to the heart of the problem ASAP or all the "marketing" in the world won't fix this.

I’ve seen people on other social media outlets saying Diego was complaining a lot, while he was people who have played squash at a high level know when your opponent is constantly blocking and impeding movement it will mess with your own movement because you may think they will block but then at last second they pull out and it looks like you gave up on ball and get no let. Asal is easily top 3 even without all the blocking but he has ruined his reputation and now only knows how to win through these tactics. I’m sure it’s a tough position for the PSA because it’s not like they are a huge sporting association like the FA or like NBA, and I’m sure they have said stuff to asal behind closed doors about the hand grabbing etc, but people will continue to be turned off by the squash he plays until he is forced to play correctly either by PSA or referees during matches. It’s clearly getting out of hand when all people talk about are his tactics rather than the squash. I used to like him when he first came on tour even though he was a bit rough around the edges but now I find myself just skipping through his matches because he’s so cringe and just hoping he loses. It’s sad and I’m afraid PSA are too small and frankly weak to actually do something about him and risk sponsors or other involvement etc.

Such a big contrast to the respect Elias and El Shorbagy had for each other in the semi

We can forget squash ever getting into the Olympics or into mainstream TV while Asal is playing

Asal is a disgrace to sportsmanship and anyone with a brain knows it. Damn shame he wasn't disqualified. PSA needs to do something buds!

Asal gets penalised for blocking once for every four points he wins from it :/

I'm only watching this to support Elias...such a class player that deserves to be cheered for. 👏

That’s actually crazy… the COMMENTATORS sound dejected. That says enough.

This is a crisis moment for world squash. Asal is destroying the game with his cheating and horrific attitude.

Mostafa has to be banned from the game he isn't playing good squash

Guys I have no clue how many comments you need to read to understand you have a major problem, for over 12 years I am writing comments for this channel, Egyptian , know a lot of the players personally since they were kids from Ramy's generation including Ramy himself, there has to be something done against this player. There has to be something major, I am beyond shocked as well of how much support he has from the younger generation and the way he dances and celebrates is pretty low standards even for a our society here in Egypt and imagine me saying this when we are in a second/third world country. The refs need to have a system just for this player alone and revise and replay their decisions with him multiple times, the crowd has zero respect and is clapping for this kind of play. Anyone who played squash like me knows very well he is massively blocking even if it is not appearing to the refs that he is and he uses one or two blocks to get into the head of the player. Diego is decent person so he cant handle this he wants a fair game, some players are even afraid to get injured when playing against him, I know mind games are a part of this sport but this is so extreme.

Congrats to Elias 👏🏻

Nothing more to add. RIP squash... 😥

I saw this match love yesterday It was a very bad representation for the sport Very physical in a negative way and a lot of decisions ,,, real squash was not played in the right spirit

Asal is not good to watch. His whole game is about being in the opponent's personal space.

PSA - Please do something about this! The sport that we love is going down due to this one man's rotten tactics on court. I won't be renewing my Squashtv subscription for watching squash played in this spirit.

I haven't seen Asal play for about a year and it is SUCH a shame for PSA and him as a professional as well, how can this behaviour go on still. The audience as well! this is a proffessional tournament with an intimate court, it's not a football stadium and also because of sponsors the venues in which these tournaments are held HEAVILY favour the egyptians already and now they let them mount a full on party chanting Asal's name, pitiful.

All Asal Games have confrontations, he is one player who can spoil the game, and some one again will be badly hit by him, He always seems will injure the opponent

It's amazing how many different ways to abuse the grey area of the current squash rule Asal has been presenting to us so far. Maybe he wanted to teach us the loopholes in the squash rules. lol

Don't normally want to see the result before I watch a match, but in this case it makes a difference as to whether I'll watch it at all. Not interested in seeing this one.

I salute the many players who endure Asal's play with no regard for his opponents. Why is the standard of the public and the standard of judgment so different? Even if they can't immediately give a penalty, aren't there too many obvious moments when they look at the video?

Wow. That may have been the worst professional match I've seen. Andrea tried to retain control, but too many empty threats. The Hammamy/Gohar final was absolutely nasty to watch too. Shame. For those of you thinking that Elias needs to work with a sport psychologist, I would wager every athlete at this level is working with a sports psychologist at some level. I don't know about any of you, but playing against Asal would be so frustrating and taxing - I actually commend Elias' behaviour towards Asal - he is redirecting to the referee, calmly talking to Asal after the match, etc. Sure, he imploded, but if I were on court during that match, I would have received a lifetime ban if you know what I mean... What is the next step? Perhaps players refuse to play against him? Clearly suspensions and fines are not working. Elias and other players have incredible movement and the games are free flowing against those players, but once Asal enters the equation it goes to hell in a handbasket. Unfortunately, other players are seeing the success that Asal is having with cheating and adopting those same techniques. Could the PSA enact stricter conduct rules? The lets and stoppages for review just make the game slower and more tedious for the audience - the exact opposite of what they are after. These new 'exciting' rules only served to inflame the already rampant problem of blocking and cheating. That was disgusting.

How are whistles allowed in the stands? Asal has had such a negative impact to the entire game of squash. The PSA needs to get this under control.

Asal is really destroying squash at the highest level, real action is needed against him and that kind of attitude or the sport will continue to lose fans.

R.I.P Squash ☠

PSA doesn’t read comments i think 🤮🤮🤮 So this man grabs a player by hand, gets away with a conduct stroke, does the leg thing, gets away with.. What the actual fluff is wrong with PSA? I’m fuming just watching this, can’t imagine what Elias felt like.. I would honestly just leave the match, get a microphone and tell the referee this is not normal!

Asal cheats because he otherwise wouldn't win any of the big events. People saying he'd do better without, but look at when he starts blocking in matches - it's when he's behind in points or things are very close in the latter stages of games. In my mind he's likely forcing the sport as a whole to a sort of crossroads, which could go either way - turn it into something like basketball with semi-contact being the norm, or the addition of more comprehensive interference rules. It's impossible to remove grey area from the sport completely, but the rules as they stand now allow for far too much interpretation. Intentionally holding your opponent's racket, stepping into their line when it's not back to the T, hitting them with your racket after moving it opposite of backswing direction, as some examples, should be punished more severely than not providing access to the ball. Until you make the outcome on average for using dirty tactics like these negative for the offender, then they'll continue to happen.

the champions make a good couple. they have a lot in common.

You get the sense that much more was happening than what was shown in these highlights. It's getting to the point where I've lost interest in watching these matches. Asal visibly cheats and the PSA rewards him, and the crowd goes nuts for him. Time for me to block @PSAsquashtv

a shame a player like Asal, who blocks and plays dirty and endangers the health of other players (i.e. hitting their faces with the ball in the past) gets to be allowed to compete and then even win against fair opponents like Elias

I'm a fan of Egyptian squash players like Farag and Ashour, but any match Asal plays is ugly and embarrassing. He has a great game so why does he need to play the obstructive tactics. Anyone playing him feels being cheated. He's giving the sport a bad name and making it a physical game it doesn't need to be. I sincerely hope he matures and plays with more sportsman like conduct.

Oh boy. Here we go again!

The behavior of Asal will keep squash from ever getting into the Olympics. It will also make squash less likely to grow as a sport. Squash is a sport based on the respect of your opponents and Asal acts like an angry spoiled brat. I love the sport, but can’t watch matches that include Asal as it is not ever played in the spirit of the game. PSA should step in.

Asal is a trash player. shame he is so good

Please please please ban Asal. He is so damaging to our sport. I watched both finals live and felt somewhat deflated after. Squash used to have epic rivalries where the squash did the talking, now Asal and Gohar are making it into a blocking and cheating contest.

Disciplinary action needs to be taken against the several instances of dangerous movements, blocks and reckless swings by Asal during this tournament. He surely is an amazing squash player and athlete but the meta that he helps drive forward damages the sport.

Squash federation has to setup/ update rules of the game. Greats of the game both in skill and calmness, Jehangeer and Jangsher, may be consulted in this regard.

Hard to watch and lack of fairplay (again) from Asal

Every player should just give up playing against Asal... is the only way I think someone would put an end to this... A player who is constantly creating small (and not too small) interferences ruins the game. I'll just 👎🏻 every match where Asal plays

I have been in Squash, as a player and a coach, for more than two decades and have never seen such disgusting and unfair behaviour. A disgrace for our sport.

A sad day for squash! Both finals were very 'physical' esp. the men's but unfortunately expected from Asal (brilliant talent, poisonous precedence for sportsmanship) Clean players like Hammamy and Elias get the bad part of the deal (generally seen Nouran G playing clean but this one, in my books, registers as an exception)

I’m so happy I cancelled my psa sub and only watch KZfaq highlights.

Ladies final was a spectacular event that got close to chaos, men’s final was a sad sad day for the game I’ve been involved in for 38yrs. Great effort by Diego but sadly his opponent is getting away with a level of ‘gamesmanship’ (cheating) I’ve never witnessed before.SAD.😢

I’ve never wanted Diego to win more. Asal as a hateful individual

1: PSA definitely need to do more to combat Asal’s foul play. Conduct strokes seem far too lenient for the hand grabbing stuff. 2: Elías definitely needs to do more work with a sports psychologist to improve his mental game. It could well be the case that Asal never truly gets his comeuppance and thus Elías needs to be able to deal with him without losing his head and sulking. I’m not condoning Asal’s behaviour, merely saying that it only encourages Asal more when Elías becomes petulant and sulky. But the onus should definitely be on the PSA to more heavily punish Asal’s conduct.

Egyptian and ashamed of Asal...These fans are all his relatives so I guess being obnoxious runs in the family!!!

Such a bad representant for squash this Asal!

Asal is one of those rare people who cheats and still feels really good about himself.

I played a greaaaat game of squash today. Right after, watched this match. Now I just hate squash.

How has PSA not suspended Asal after his violent cheating against Hesham & Makin in the Chicago World Championship? Absolutely unfukcing believeable.

That was the last match featuring Asal that I've watched. Definitely won't do this to me anymore.

How is the PSA not reading these comments? Congrats to Elias nonetheless, he did well 👏

The way Asal has beaten Elias is the same (Hong Kong and 2x in CIB WTF): Permissive judges and dirty play and while in Egypt, the crowd intimidation to anyone not egyptian, and not recognition of good squash from other nationalities. Elias is such a gentleman, I wouldn't even shake hands with Asal after such Asal's disgusting behavior on court. Hats off to his patience trying to keep focused

A disgusting spectacle. It seems Egypt is proud to watch the destruction of squash.

Just when you think the egyptian crowd cant get any more annoying... Someone brings a whistle.

Asal is a very very dirty player.I don't understand why he is popular...

Por favor 🙏 juegos completos, al menos semifinales y finales gracias ❤

Such a talented player, shame he has to use those tactics though in order to win, even worse that the ones with the authority to change this choose to do nothing about it and leave it to the independent bodies to implement bans etc…

Rather than PowerPlays, what about adjusting the penalties? Follow the model in soccer/futbol. Still keep lesser (lose a point) and higher (lose the game) but multiple lesser penalties accumulate to a higher penalty. That allows the referee to call the lesser penalty without having to escalate to the higher one. And the players will have to behave more carefully as they get closer to the maximum number of lesser penalties. In soccer 2 yellows equal 1 red, which expels the player. In Squash it could be a different number, but same dynamics.

This is shocking to see, a great game seen disrespected, please do something @PsaSquash!

I know it would be hard to do, and maybe even career ending, but I start to think Elias should have resigned from the match in protest, not (just) at Asal, but at the refereeing and conduct of the PSA.

The referee doesn't do Her job. After many warnings, She should have given tons of conduct strokes against Asal. Asal's behaviour is ashame but if you don't punish him, he'll continues. The show was totally spoiled by Asal. All my support to Elias

Everything else aside, that counter-drop at 3:07 was 😱 I share everyone's criticisms of Asal but he is a phenomenal talent, and the fact is Elias needs to be able to stay in these matches mentally. There are points here where he was just going through the motions. Part of being a true champion is being able to dig deep & play hard even when your opponent plays dirty. Nick Matthew probably would have lost too but he'd have fought with a snarl to the end.

What happened to our beautiful game? Men have been replaced with boys

This is disgusting to watch. Grace against thuggery. Asal is the Trump of squash. He could kill the game.

Will the psa tour be joining with the ufc and making it full contact sqaush or are we already there !

Alucinante que se le permita jugar de esta forma a Asal. Partido tras partido. Ahora tambien apoyado por in publico muy poco respetuoso.

Painful watch in every way. These professionals train their whole lives, this is their career and livelihood not just a game. He risks jeopardising peoples lives everytime he plays. Serme was ‘lucky’ he wasn’t blinded. Each player should refuse to play him for their own sake, PSA will have to wise up in the end.

After 4 min I stopped watching it, horrible sorry fot our game… makes no sense for me

squash have no future why? asal

I have a Love/Hate relationship with this game, when i see the winners of this championship smiling and parading around reminds me why i don't like the sport based on the attitudes of the players and the disconnect/failing of the Squash Organisation. Maybe these cats can watch Roger Federer one day. Believe me, no one will remember those players trust me but will always remember the Ali Farag's and the Nour El Sherbini's of the world. Sad really. Well ill resume watching this sport next year and see if the Squash Organisation has stepped up at all.

I’m wondering what all the Egyptian players thoughts are about asals behaviour

Someone brought up a great idea in penalizing unruly behaviour on the squash court in one of the previous comments. I just would like to add, in enhancing it, that: That’s a fantastic 💡 idea; why hasn’t anyone thought of this before. Any slight contact or interference is a yellow card; a second infraction of the same level is another yellow; two yellow cards= a red. Simple! The same goes for blocking, brushing past opponents creating any interference, and leg dragging to trip opponents, as well as backing into the opponent’s line to the ball. (Give an automatic stroke and giving a warning that if this continues, the penalty would be a game conduct assigned not a point stroke…any persistence would mean the match!) Now, any rushing hits from behind /at your back, any hand grabbing, any racket grabbing, any purposely hitting with ball and racquet, as ASSal does so well, it would be an automatic match infraction due to the blatant action and severity and health repercussions of said action… and a full year ban. Causing a secondary ban after reinstating, it would be an automatic lifetime ban and permanent ejection from the sport. That being said, this should have already happened after ASSal’s recent negligent performance at 🇪🇬 CIB Now, referring should improve massively and instead of allowing any bullying by players, instead, use a tougher and improved set of rules and apply them with conviction…Even if it means a long an careful look at super slow motion video reviews to eject players from the match when players bend the rules or behave like ASSal or worse. Let’s go! Let’s keep a beautiful game BEAUTIFUL! 😃

Asals behaviour and cheating is getting worse, come on PSA sort him out or lose public support for the sport.

No Olympics for Squash at all, what a dog's breakfast that was. The PSA need to clean up Asal and the referees need to enforce penalty strokes for continued interference, it's in the rules of the game.

I've played squash for over forty years and Asal is the most disgraceful player I've ever seen. His behaviour is disgusting.

Squash is a lot more beautiful than this. I feel very sorry for how the PSA and their referees are handling this situation and for how the degradation of this sport is being allowed. It is sad. This cannot be the example for the young players. More seriousness is urgently needed.

At this rate the PSA will allow spikes on the wristbands and side soles of shoes.

Worst match I have seen in a long time and crowd just as bad!

makes me not wanna watch squash anymore

Asal will be number one for some years. He is a winner.

What a joke of a final. Refere was a catastrophe and the clown asal continues to destroy reputation of squash that was build by so many respectful players. Such a shame one clown ruins it for a whole world organisation.

Shocking game to watch like their group match. Time to introduce red/yellow cards instead of conduct points/strokes.

Asal's movement is utterly dreadful. After playing the ball, he consistently moves directly back in to the line of the incoming player. Conscious decision?

This is how it is when a sport (like squash in Egypt) become popular : young players imitate soccer players. But, be patient, other young players prefer MMA, that's why, in the future, matches against Asal will become and more interesting. 😀

Go 🇨🇦

These two final is disaster! And this tournament hosted in Egypt is another disaster ! WSF should do something otherwise this sport will be dead soon ! It is so crazy that Gohar has no penalty after she kicked the door that way and acting like mad that way ! Unacceptable!

May the whistle blower be barred from ever attending such an event

The only thing worse than watching Asal is watching Asal while his annoying fans blow a f#&king whistle.

And the PSA and audience are encouraging this kind of Squash. Terrible match. Lots of respect for Elias

Our team follows squash for a while now, and we have always admired the sportsmanship and respect between players. It's one of the things that drew us to this sport. However, we've noticed a change in demeanor from Mostafa Asal in his recent matches that we find troubling. Asal is undeniably a talented player with immense potential. His skill and athleticism are an asset to the sport. But, part of being a sportsman is respecting your opponents, the officials, and the spirit of the game. Unfortunately, in his recent matches, it seems that Asal has let his competitiveness cloud his judgment leading to some unacceptable behaviors on court. There have been instances of excessive celebration, obstructing the opponent's path, and some level of unsportsmanlike conduct that isn't in line with the values we admire in squash. It's vital for players to remember that while winning is important, how you win matters too. Mostafa has the potential to be one of the greats in squash, and it would be fantastic to see him channel his passion in a more constructive way. A little more grace and sportsmanship can go a long way in endearing a player to fans around the world.

cant be bothered to watch this one, just read the comments, depressing.