"That Was a Bit Special" | Crouin v Elias | British Open 2023 | QF HIGHLIGHTS! 

Love your content guys, keep up the good work. Quick question, why can't you upload all highlights to RU-vid ( same way as before) ?

@@juancarlosroldan7124 This way it brings more people to their website. Could bring them more people subscribing to them.

He's also being pestered by a speedy Gonzales with great cardio on the way up. Elias for world level could have better raw speed and cardio. But I'm definitely not criticizing the world #1. He's very talented.

@@dslechip i think his court coverage is deceptively fast. Almost casual. Reminds me of Jansher - sort of effortless but he is everywhere. On cardio, not too sure. Have we seen him lose the 5th due to gassing out?

@@muneebi8273 if seen him go deep in tournaments and struggling in semis and finals. More his long term tournament cardio than just one match. I'm looking hard to pick a weakness. He doesn't have many. He is very smooth that adds to his deceptive speed

In all fairness there are certain times when it's hard to judge the position of the player and ball from behind (easier from the side or above).

it’s not always as clear when u are at the back marking and under pressure at the same time

It looked like the ball may be behind crouin. Like he was fishing for a stroke. On the world level that's a weak call but I do understand it due to her position. The ref takes into account the players history and speed in making these decisions

Yes he is

@@TheProgaddict cheers

@@TheProgaddict I thought he graduated last year?

I disagree. He's quite clearly in his swing and its super loose. Yes let seems fair.

@@chainsawhaircut4524 good squash movement is stepping into the ball and playing it. He's intentionally holding backwards and hoping for a stroke. Crouin could have stepped into that shot at least 2 or three times prior to getting a let ball

@@B1J0D It's only good squash movement to step into the ball when you have space to do so, he was backing up first to create that space.

@@watching99134 your comment literally contradicts itself. If he's stepping forward the space behind isn't needed?

You are not correct. There is NOTHING in the rules that says you MUST step into the ball and play it if you have the chance. On the contrary, the rules explicitly guarantee your right to play the ball whenever YOU choose, as long as it has not bounced twice. That means you can step back and play it as late as you want, and if your opponent is in the way, it's either a let or a stroke depending on the circumstances. Rules 101.

In this highlights video I saw him call two reviews; on the first, he was absolutely correct and it got overturned, and on the second he had a legitimate reason to think his ball did not bounce twice. Which of these were no-issue for you?

@@cscoetzee You need to see the entire match.

@@us-Bahn Fair enough. I can only comment on this video here.

@@cscoetzee Crouin did play well. Some say Elias was off form. I don’t know.

@@us-Bahn yeah u can see Elias's accuracy on his short game was terrible here. only thing decent were the volley drops.