It is always interesting how little pro players know about the squash history of the countries where they are playing. I mentioned this in my review of James Willstrop’s memoir, when so many U.S. guys were getting their knickers in a twist about his anti-American comments. They just don’t know our history, especially because they erroneously view hardball as akin to racquetball, a sport that has little to do with proper squash. <\/p>\n
In this great video, promoting the 2012 Delaware Investments U.S. Open, Nick Matthew says with a big smile: “It is a relatively new sport there [in the U.S.] so the crowds are always really passionate, really sort of loud.” Really?<\/p>\n
On the other side, the video does get Gilly Lane to do his Rocky imitation on the Art Museum steps.<\/p>\n