Asal you have a long way to go before you really play a world class game. I will be cheering for Dessouky tonight!

I'm really tired of asal at this point... dives for the ball unnecessarily to fake injury and cause court service to disrupt his opponent's flow, moving into his opponent at every opportunity to prevent his retrieval and general melodrama and argumentative... hope dessouky wins the final

Dessouky will have quite a few people rooting for him tonight

Asal is danger in the court and not because of his good skills. Are they waiting for a tragedy to take action? Players should unite to refuse to play with him until he gets expelled from the professional squash for ever. He had chances to change his attitude, but did not care.

I would be terrified to play Asal, the wild racket strings and trailing legs, amazed he hasn't injured more opponents

Hard to play an opponent who is always leaving a leg trailing, blocking and feigning injury. WE used to call it cheating. Now its called giving 150%

I love how Dessouky cleaned up his behaviour and I started to be his fan. On the other hand Asal... he is really talented, but his behaviour is awfull.. hard to watch him and i am always rooting against him. And it doesnt seem that his behaviour will change in near future.. shame

Refs have to be brave and deal with Asal, for the good of the game.

Elias actually won the sport though Asal won the match. Don't know how much more the game will suffer cause of Asal

Getting very tired of Asal's antics.

asal's come back and his behaviour is actually worse than before lmao

Asal ruins the whole game, I cant belive he gets away with what he does.No doubt he can play good squash but his ways make the opponent lose focus and ultimately lose the game.Elias really deserved the win he is such a calm composed player

Asal's dives to get breaks is insane

There's about 4/5 strokes that should've gone against Asal in that game. End of the 2nd game where Asal leaves his arm out after his shot and keeps it stiff so Elias couldn't get to the ball. Elias definitely returns if Asal doesnt intentionally block. You just have to compare it to the previous shot to tell that it was intentional. In the 3rd game Asal puts his leg so far back to block Elias who then trips over it. Should've been a conduct stroke there. At the end of the 3rd game at the end he doesnt make any effort to clear the ball, assumes he's won the point and doesnt give Elias a chance to play it. He shouldve dropped back away from the wall rather than towards the player and then embarassingly dives. He seems to exagerate a dive whenever he feels like he's done something wrong to try and get sympathy. In the 4th game Asal screams before the ball has even bounced twice putting off Elias. Might not have gotten it anyway but you still can't be doing that. Also makes no attempt to clear a path to the ball at the end of the 4th game, I thought that was a joke call. More of a stroke Elias than no let. The way he dives and goes down is embarassing. Almost every time there is contact with another player he could just take a step but instead he just decides to collapse to the floor and complain. So glad that conduct stroke went against him . These are only the ones we are shown as well. He has to be refereed in a different way because unlike most other players you know he is doing everything he can to cheat the system. He got away with a bunch of calls in this game. Elias wouldve been 10-10 first game and 9-10 4th instead of losing them at those moments. He could've easily won one of those with the right calls.

I would have liked to see the final with diego and dessouky, a gentleman's game.

Asal is so toxic player it is painful to watch.

Asal has to be the worst ambassador for squash EVER! Actually, he and his dad both.

Please please please PSA do something to control ASAL. His behaviour on court is disgusting and dangerous. I feel sorry for any of his opponents, he needs to change or go.

What a way to start with that Philadelphia! Disappointing to see that Asal needs to be suspended again already. You'd think someone advising him would have half a brain.

The PSA have basically got to ask themselves if they want an aggressive cheat at the top of their sport. This nonsense seriously has to stop. I, for one, won't be watching the final.

Asal's first tournament after his suspension and he's right back at it. Give him another suspension and if he doesn't clean up after that, just ban him for life. He is going to injure his colleagues and he is turning squash into a mockery. PSA stop him before he injures somebody.

The first match was awesome, great players… sorry that Diego forgot to take the trash out.

Asal equally gives quality to squash as much as he takes dignity from it. I didn't watch the whole match, but judging from the highlights he was intimidating, and cheating. Horrible disgrace for the sport

Tripping is a penalty in every sport. It would be nice if psa would address this publicly so their fans know that they are at least trying to be proactive. Instead of just saying "no further comment" when they announce a suspension.

They have to change the way they ref these matches with Asal. Penalise him, penalise him, penalise him until he can only win by playing the correct, fair way. Elias wins that under fair circumstances. Should've had 2 conduct strokes and more other strokes and lets against him.

Asal’s backward leg lunge is completely out of control. It just looks bizarre - like a spasm of opposite motion.

PSA, are you looking? Asal should be banned for another few months! He put his hind leg out again to trip Diego which caused Diego to fall.

I know I'm beating a dead horse at this point, but I find Asal's intensional body blocking, flailing falls and obnoxious showboating so exhausting. The most annoying aspect of all though is that he's an extremely talented player, and these silly behaviours actively lose him points and/or distract his opponent. And without them, his victories would either be more decisive and impressive or less controversial. Good luck to Dessouky!

Hate watching Asal, his coach has given him bad habits, he is a danger on the court, he has the most incidents of physical contact, players tripping and falling due to his movements.

Very exciting semi-finals! The first one for the magic that both players produce, the second for the drama and the duration.

Great effort by Hesham

love the moving camera, its great to show the real depth of the court swell as the intensity of movement/hitting that the stationary front on cameras don't quite achieve. saw it a while back in one of the Egyptian tournaments (the one with the pink court) and have been waiting for its return!

congratulations for both ! Dessouky, I hope to see your beautifull style on N 1

Around the 16:00 mark you can see Asal move stright back instead of towards the T after his drop. Hes so blatant of blocking that even the average squash player can see it. Hes a cheat, he may cement his legacy as an incredible talent but with the tarnished record of being having the worst attitude

We can't keep giving Asal chances to change at the risk of other players' safety. If he really injures one of them, they should not only be suing him but PSA for putting them on a court with him. In the last 2 days alone he's smacked Makin in the head with a racket and blatantly tripped Elias.

First three games is of 90 minutes!!! Insane fitness by both.

How many times is PSA going to allow this behaviour from Asal. It is embarrassing to the sport and should not be tolerated. Quite sad from PSA aswell for allowing this to happen. You guys seriously need better management, the current people working there are not doing there job well enough unfortunately. PSA really has become worse and worse over the years

Personally, more often and often I avoid watching the Asal play. He deserves a longer break to have time to consider engaging in other sports and stop ruining squash.

Why cant any match with Asal be just straight up clean squash?

Asal must learn that losing fairly is better than winning cheatedly. I will be cheering for Dessouky tonight!

Should be another ban after this tourney. And a new directive to refereeing specifically regarding him and his antics.

ironically, that trailing leg is what's gonna keep squash lagging behind - I'm all for 'characters' in the sport, but this just shows lack of character the guy's got an incredible game, if he straightens it out, he can leave behind an enviable legacy - otherwise, this will just be a low point in the developing history of the sport no points for guessing, which player I'm referring to here 😊

Unbelievable squash from both semi finals!!!!… loved it💪💪💪😂🙌🏾

Poor Ref in that second match...

"Is the court Ok?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Top right dynamic camera angle is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Asal once again destroying the spirit and mentality of squash. A sport with no physical contact turned into rugby.. firstly against Joel Makin and now with Diego Elias. This needs to be punished on every chance the ref gets. This player needs to understand that it is his responsibility to give enough space to his opponent to get to the ball.

3:35 amazing new angles

Well done Dessouky

I used to do that show at 30 seconds quite often. It baffled the hell out my opponents

Asal is like the school bully. Wins on the day, but fucks up everybody's weekend.

wow look at the hamstring recovery its as if it was never hurt

The 3-2 game is one of the reasons squash is not in olympics. Asal is a menace for order players. PSA Fair Play Please !!!

someone is gg to break his leg or snap his tendon in due course. clearly the 2 month ban did nothing to clean up his act. just so darn painful to watch elias lose the match, could hv been injured badly.

If, with all his rotten excesses and antics, Asal can still play this well, what would he be capable of if he controlled himself and ceased to alienate fans and clearly even referees against him? Clearly, the suspension was of no effect in steering him to more sedate comportment. Try threatening him with expulsion? I personally would not miss him at all.

BRAVO PUMAAAAA !!!!

New sport: SquashX...gum shields, helmets, full contact...who's in?

I don't see why Asal should or will stop playing as he is. I mean he exhibits his illegal blocking movements in most of the rallies and making many points out of them, however the ref only calls a few of them and consequently he only loses 3 or 4 points in a whole match. It's a simple math. Same logic as a pickpocket who steals $10,000 a month doing so and even though he gets caught once a month and fined $2,000, which means he still makes $8,000 a month in total so no surprise he keeps doing it. The saddest thing is that none of the officials seems to notice this is exactly what Asal is doing to them.

Asal makes squash so entertaining and fun to watch . No doubt, some drama is there but I feel like it's a movie and for me , he is the one who can make your heart beat goes up ... chill out guys who doesn't like him but right now , he is in the finals and his haters will still be watching his match highlights. On the other hand, hesham and dissouky are just so graceful and cool guys .. we need to accept different personalities of different players

Asal must have spent the two month embargo perfecting the “tripping leg” technique plus some soccer classes. I wish the referee had the power to give a conduct game, not just a stroke. He used to leave his leg after hitting the ball to block passage but now it’s a leg coming out after hitting the ball. It’s intentional tripping and may end the career of an unlucky opponent one day. A 6 month ban will do him justice.

Jeez, Asal is so good I just wish he would stop things like pretending he pulled his hamstring or something cos clearly he was fine given that comeback!

9:03 - "Is the court ok?" said by the ref LoL This is the one of the best ref I've seen on tour! He has clear eyes and didn't bother about Asal's acting. Plus he actually cared about the player's safety. Hopefully, we have more of these refs on tour and less players get annoyed by the bad decisions/experiencing bad opponent behaviour on court.

To Asal for tomorrows match: break a leg!

Asap deserves a new suspension, 4 months this time. With this awful behaviour we'll always support his opponents for sure. Let's go Dessouky

Fares is growing mentally and squash lyyyyy

10:15 for shot of the month!

Elias and Asal, I think they should be playing football with that performance 😂

Who else misses games like ashour vs elshourbagy !? extremely intense yet a gentleman's game. Asal is no doubt a danger for his opponent, but sadly, that's the modern squash..

I think only Asal’s mum and the weird shouty guy in the front row could enjoy watching him win a squash game

ASAL ES TEATRERO, Y ONE EL PIE !!!!

I don't root for any single player as much as I do for anyone who plays against Asal.

diego more deserve than his opponent

The camera angle from above the court to the right running on about 20fps is rubbish

Asal.....what a bad advert for squash and for PSA. Every game with asal is the same, full of pushing, legs kicking or sticking out, drama. When refs and PSA will have guts to clean up this mess?

That trailing leg really is something. Do the refs meet the players before the match to go over anything? This could be the place to say ‘this is what’s expected’.

10:58 lmao

asal is such a little baby i hope he quits the sport

Haven't seen a single comment here supporting Asal for once. At least everyone seems to agree on that now XD

Asal is ruining the sport- terrible to watch such behaviour!

I get really fed up that Assal gets away with such bad behaviour on the court, suspension should have been longer.

I don't why people watching asal's games like him or cheer him up. I have watched his game on youtube a lot. I also watched his game which he played 2016~2018 when he was unknown to sqaush fans like nowadays. From 2016 to 2022, he always plays same way. When he feels hard to win or play the game, he make weired movement like blocking the way to a ball(For example, using left leg and moving to the T in weired way). Most sqaush fans don't blame his behavior when he celebrate his win or getting point. I also really like the way he celebrate his win. But, most squash fans blame him because of his movement or tactics.(I don't want express the word 'tactics'. I think that is not tactics, that is wrong behavior) His weired movement can cause serious injury to opponent. I can't understand he says the game is nothing wrong with Soliman(It is applied all the games he has played in weired way not just the game with Soliman). After make a shot, he should make a clear way to the ball. This is really basic rule of playing squash. I really hope he can realize what he have done and he make a progress to right direction.

C'mon Dessouky!!

The right corner camera angle is the worst. Please stick to the full court back view

Game 1 13-13 Asal doesn't even acknowledge that point by his opponent. And then 6-6 game 2 absurd racquet swing. Game 3 5-9 tripping Elias, 9-10 wild swing, 9-10 is a stroke b/c of blocking! wild swing, Game 3 conduct stroke..cheats his whole way to the final score..trash talking..he has ruined this sport...That was f**king insane! Asal is so sad, go to college or something and get some life experience and learn some sportsmanship or spend more time with Ramy Ashour..

Elias was at fault for crowding when they got tangled up no doubt about it but bunch of times Asal was in the way but for sure going to be some good match ups between these two.

Asal's diving is ridiculous. Glad Dessouky won the next day.

Who's that screaming in the audience for Asal, front row... ?

Cant remember watching a player who is as unprofessional as Asal. Intentional blocking and pathetic diving around the court. Embarrassing conduct

Incredible fitness from both players but the squash rules should be tightened to prevent Asal's legs from blocking his opponents

In fact, this is Asal's big picture. He's trying to bring a reformation of modren squash rule by fully abusing its weak point lol. BTW, I knew he always keeps tripping and blocking opponents in tournaments, but the vocal hindrance skill was a surprise. It's amazing how well he finds an ambiguous area between legal and illegal plays.

Don't know what to say Amazing play by fares and asal, you're good but try to control your movement it's bit dangerous for the other players. Waiting for the final

Those trailing legs are so dangerous. How many times will it take to give a match conduct? Soon or later someone will get injured by him badly.

'Fake injury Asal' against 'the puma'

Dessouky played a short just like how Ramy did to Farag lol

Asap cheated many times with his legs. Players Refuse to play with him. He will injure Players and they don't do anything to stop his cheat games. Shame in him and the PSA for doing nothing to stop the cheat aptitude of Asal.

Class is Diego! Asal is definitely a work in progress

The Academy Award goes to HATEFULL ASAL By Quantine egypt federation

Not liking that new camera angle.

Let's put things inot the right perspective. Asal is clearly one of the most talented players to play the sport and let's remember he has a long long way to go which is scary as to what he can acheive. Does he block and could he have caused a serious injury today? Yes. The PSA should not accept this, no matter how talented a player is. We need to remember he is still a kid but playing at this level he has to be taught. He needs to be taught how to conduct himself, how to move correctly, and that this blocking will simply not be tolerated and will have consequences that can ruin his career, as he is clearly doing it deliberately.

Get him out of the tour already, its shameful and disrespectful towards other players to have to put up with this. PSA needs to deal with it now or the sport suffers, loses fans, future prospects and chances of expanding further world-wide, if we allow cheating douche bags to have their way. We all squash fans also need to come together in calling the bad elements out and condemning them so that PSA also notices our displeasure too along with the players on tour.