Rally Report Episode 36 - Players to Watch / World Juniors Recap | Stuart Crawford

Welcome back to episode 36! This is a big one everyone and its jam-packed with analysis. Stuart joins in again to discuss 3 parts:
(a) Threats to the Top - Players to threaten the top 10 and players who aim to crack into the top 20 mold. (We did record this weeks back and Victor has already proved us wrong haha guess this is the nature of doing analysis like these)
(b) Upcoming Players - Shining light on players who are upcoming and might no be receiving the attention as others, but keep an eye out cause they can make some serious charge up the rankings
(c) World Juniors Recap - Stuart was present at the World Juniors, so was able to give some insight scoops/stories behind what had happened during that event. Also giving some attention to players who might already be ready to do some damage on tour.
Again - who are we underestimating? who did we miss out on? Let me know ;)
Thanks in advance for all the comments, critiques and conversations!
Rally Report is sponsored by Maspeth Squash. Maspeth Squash disrupts the traditional squash world - accessible, outdoors, steel and embraces difference. So big thank you to Robert and excited to be able to partner up. You can find all information regarding Maspeth here: maspethsquash.com/
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:19 - Threats to Top
18:15 - Upcoming Players
52:08 - World Juniors Recap
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[@tabssingh560]

Predictions and punditry! Stuart Crawford in the hot seat! The second part of this double header is contentious but unmissable and recored two weeks ago so let's give give Stuart some leeway. Starting with..."I don't think Victor [Crouin] will threaten top 10 this year." I'm pretty sure he's in the top 10 in tomorrow's rankings! Victor obviously caught 🔥and that's the beauty of sport. Next, Sean fairly adamant that Tinne is the stronger of the Giles sisters (as Nele rolled Tinne 3-0 in the Nantes final). Moving on, the up and coming players is definitely controversial. Stuart staying overly loyal (perhaps) to his Penn alums. I love calling out Aly Abou; he's class all round and has top 10 ceiling potential imo. Not sure about Andrew Douglas. Also sceptical about Curtis Malik (on Andrew's recommendation from hitting in England this summer). On the girls side, love all of Stuart's picks. Katie Mallif especially. I was slightly puzzled (disappointed even) on Stuart's take on World Juniors. I thought the lack of sportsmanship (from the Egyptians) had to be called out. Orfi is super high intensity (great!) but picks up doubles, blocks, fishes more than Asal (not great!). Stuart was there and didn't see it? C'mon man! Love the Brice Nicolas anecdote at the end: "might be the fittest junior ever...[wants to join the French sniper NAVY SEALS equivalent]...and it takes a pretty special kind of person to shoot people in the head in for a living!" In summary, squash fanatics will love this conversation. Sean and Stuart might be the best double act on squash social media right now. Bravo!

[@dhichkuaoo]

Dont worry about Anahat Singh. She's not Sachin Tendulkar who had pressure of a billion people. Mayhe a few dozen people in India are really invested mentally in Anahat PSA career whenever it happens.

[@dhichkuaoo]

US, UK and Egyptian players who get more chances to play tournaments and improve rankings not always the more talented.

[@djethereal99]

Lol this guy. Hamza won the 2023 WSF World Junior Squash Championship

[@waseymaqsood7583]

proved him wrong

[@dhichkuaoo]

Squash is a game where maintaining your ranking is so much easier than tennis. Unless u get injured or go financially broke which impacts your ability to travel to tournament. If your are averagly consistent and just win a few rounds in platinum and gold, you stay fine.. Somebody like Carlos Alcaraz will never be possible in Squash. Top 100 to #1 in the world in 15 months with just 1 grand slam.

[@dhichkuaoo]

People should stop treating Hamza as some exotic Oriental anomaly. Over hyping will screw him more