Asal collars Coll again … and the shirt comes off once more after Black Ball battle

By Alan Thatcher
December 15, 2020 - 12:10pm
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Eyes on the prize! A shirtless Mostafa Asal hams it up for photographers after beating Paul Coll in the CIB Black Ball Open

Asal collars Coll again … and the shirt comes off once more after Black Ball battle
By ROD GILMOUR – Squash Mad Correspondent

As if to prove once wasn’t enough, Mostafa Asal beat Paul Coll in another rip-roaring 3-2 contest on Egyptian soil as the teenage sensation once again left the court topless.

“In Egypt, Asal is a very hard man to beat,” Coll admitted before this second round clash in the CIB Black Ball Open. And in a riveting 85-minute match – four minutes 41 seconds of which was taken up with one fifth game rally – Asal came through to advance to the CIB Black Ball Open quarter-finals by triumphing 6-11, 11-8, 11-3, 4-11, 11-8.

The winning point came as Coll failed to retrieve an Asal backhand drive, the shot which played a significant hand in this match.

As Coll lifted himself up from the floor, naturally we all waited for what was to come next after Asal’s October exploits at the Egyptian Open.

Sure enough, there was a bit of niggle. As Asal put out his hand, Coll brushed past the Egyptian, briefly touching rackets instead.

Coll then left the court for the final time this year in disgust, flinging back the glass door hard enough for it to slam back shut.

Meanwhile, emotion got the better of Asal. He ripped off his shirt but this time refrained from throwing it to the crowd as he tucked it into his shorts. It did, though, leave him time to let out several roars of delight as he gave the front wall photographers plenty to snap.

When the final rally video was posted online shortly afterwards, social media once again went into a frenzy as the sport was left with plenty more talking points to savour.

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