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

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.

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

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

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!

shameless Asal exploiting bad reff...

Very bad refereeing.

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.

Watched this live, fell asleep.

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.

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.

Phenomenal athletes 👏

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

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!

Wow what a game

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

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

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?

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

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

this is canary wharf 2022 right? not 2020