Great catch lol

out of context that’s hilarious

crack up

My favourite was Jon Power’s instructional vid where he talked about “imposing your length on the other guy”

Agreed

Agreed, and it is disgusting how he started doing as early as at 14:21 - after he hit the foredhand, he moved forward to cut Paul off. Very subtle, but absolutely disgusting.

agreed. look at 40:48. fishing ! we all sea where was the ball is

ridiculous you’ve to move back to give your opponent space to play his shot. The thing is that you can’t move sideways

​@@datube2686Totally disagree. Ref called that correct. He has the right to choose a forehand and turn his body to do it. Until he connects with the ball, the choice is his. And if that movement traps Coll, it's the correct choice as Coll hit the ball too centrally and trapped himself.

This was the very first match I have ever watched.. is it normal for them to be stuck in the left corner like that?

@@treeoflibertydefense8612 Yes it is. Its called a long line rally. They try to make the opponnent hit an error. balls in the back of the court are very hard to play good.

@@rinnsbebelindegrombe thanks for the info friend god bless

You can pay for it on the psa website

@@BeakFoundry the psa website is not good. I would pay if it was on youtube. By that I mean youtube membership by psa. Easy money.

Agree. I was surprised how well Coll's fairly limited strategy worked in the first three games, but after Elshorbagy took control early in the fourth, I expected him to improvise. But he really didn't. Even in the fifth, if he ever got the T he just went back to the same shots that stopped working in the fourth. Kind of a surprising failure of imagination for such a great player.

this makes me very sad.

Coll trapped himself on the wrong side of his opponent by playing a shot down the middle of the court. I agree with the refs decision

I would agree with this except that Elshorbagy isn't based in egypt anymore. He moved to Bristol and his coach is Gaultier

totally agree...

@@duboisstewart8265 Yes, that is certainly the case (good point). You can't deny there was clearly home court advantage for the *English* player.

The 2 over rules in the 4th game were pure theft against Coll what a legend that he took it so well

yes I would say streetwise was unsportsmanlike here. I have seen many matches with this kind of agression. I have also played matches myself being pschologically agressive. I regreted doing it afterwards. But it worked. Sometimes players do what they get by with. Even though it is not fair. But watching the match from the sofa, it was not fair at a few points in the match. I remember twice that ElShorbagy roared when the rally was not yet over yet.Not streewise but unfair and against the rules I would say. Though a great match amazing to watch still.

Great sea urchin ceviche😂

Which calls specifically?

@@watching99134 I haven't been noting them down throughout the match but I can contribute eg. 1:48:16 -- an obvious stroke for Call being called a let.There are many situations where Coll is given a let or no let while Shorbagy is handed out strokes all the time.

​@@michazawadzki3813Never a stroke. Coll jumping into his back almost as soon as he hit the ball..How could he possibly get out of the way?

The rules do not specifically address this. Rule 7.3 just allows the change of equipment as fast as possible up a max of 90 sec. No mention of any other prohibitions during this interval.

Maybe because he knows if he were to play fair he would lose.

@@alancourtney476 It seems strange a freedom would be allowed in this case as long as it's not prohibited, if he's allowed off-court for one reason you don't need to list all the other reasons he can't add on (like getting a massage, coaching, etc.)

@@alancourtney476 It's not as fast as possible if he stops to drink water though

Because if you don't get it perfect the ball will sit up in the front of the court and you hand the opponent a loose ball and opportunity to kill the point.

Oh, boasts? Yeah, the ball has to travel for longer and they are slower than drives or simple straight drops. But boasts can be very useful as a defensive tool for when you’re otherwise unable to get the ball back. They can also be nice from mid court when you’re in an attacking position, if you put a bit of a hold in your swing. That is called a ‘working boast’. It is actually nice for when you’re in front of your opponent, which can be especially deceptive if you put of a bit of a hold in your swing. That hold can put the option of the straight into your opponent’s mind, and if a boast comes out it can catch them off guard, often winning the point or putting them in an uncomfortable position

Their commentary was quite objective

It was in the context of Paul being w 1 and not messing his opponent do some work

@@ghawatzhusten3368 _See, we have different opinions._

Tribalism

I think you mean - it is very real...

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"Genius manipulation" (of the ref) should not be part of the game. If a player is able to influence the ref to make a bad call, then the result of a rally is no longer due to the actual quality of play. In some cases, *poor* playing will directly result in a point or favorable let. Is that really what you want to watch? I don't. Now, that being said, Elshorbagy played better overall and earned the win. But he should have done so more fairly. The win would have been more admirable in that case.

@@johnrogstad1278 I disagree and find that exploiting every last % that he can as more admirable. Shows a level of resourcefulness that a lot of other players lack.

@@JK-jr1gs Cheating is easy. It is cynical and foolish to believe that only smart players know how to do it. Many of us learn how to cheat early on. We decide not to because this violates our entire conception of what this game is supposed to be about. Improvising within strict limitations is the entire point of the drama of sport. Intentionally violating the limitations is not only dishonest, it is a misunderstanding of the overall social utility (and beauty) of what sport even is.

Can't believe how racially one-sided the comments are here ignoring the few unfair no-lets for El-Shorbagy and claiming ref was tough on Coll. It's subjective because I paused the game on those shots to capture the distance between striker and ball and I felt the ref was biased for Coll, rather than El-Shorbagy.

The reality is Coll played dirty, hitting the ball to drop near him and pausing to stroke Muhamed many times. And intentionally throwing himself over Muhamed when he realised he couldn't get the ball. Muhamed was the much better player and deserved this great win. The comments here and the commentary? Racist bigotry.

Except that Coll did *not* roar in Elshorbagy's face.

1:08:36

Really looks like he's just yelling at the ball. He's looking at the shot he just played, Elshorbagy just happened to be in the same area. And he also wasn't right up in Elshorbagy's face the way the latter was when he yelled directly at Coll. There was definitely a big difference between their exclamations.

@@nedal2377 😂😂. Maybe you need to visit Specsavers.

So biased, they were more of fans as you said!

He was in the 2nd semifinal and lost to farag

@@ahmedelkanadily3240 Thanks.