Highlights - British Nationals 2024 - Qualifying Round 1 - Emyr Evans v Ruudi Clarke - video Dailymotion

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00:00Another England-Wales encounter between Emma Evans and Rudy Clark here at the British National Squash Championships

00:06That's what we've got to do to get through to the main draw of this tournament

00:24Quick hands

00:27It shows the level though, isn't it with someone like Evans being in the first round of qualifying

00:32In this tournament unusual technique again. We're talking about

00:45There's that speed and that's a seriously good effort

00:48An apology there the right smile an apology from Clark

00:52So one game ball save there for for Clark 10-7

00:59Make that 11-7 in favor of Emira Evans the Welshman the higher seed here

01:11It's bloody touch brilliant touch just left it so short didn't he

01:16Yeah, the short game from Emira is something that's massively improved over the years

01:21And it's become one of his real strong points, especially tidying up in that front corner

01:26Yeah, five or six years ago. You wouldn't really have mentioned that too much. It wasn't that it was bad was it but it wasn't

01:33necessarily a strong point

01:36Yeah, it's all that solo practice

01:39Yeah, and then and this not rally there just sums up exactly the patterns of play that he loves to play out

01:43You know, it's sucking the player into the front corners and then punching it long with with a severe severe pace

01:50And creates opportunities like that. Yeah, very very good second game 11-5 Evans in that second game

01:58And then of course tomorrow we'll be going into the

02:01first round proper at this British Nationals and

02:05Those winners will be up against some some top seeds and some big names

02:09And that's what it's all about isn't it these qualifying rounds that it's to give people the chance to you know

02:15If you if you earn your way of passage, you get to play one of the best players in the country

02:20So it's something that players will will look to to get that chance an opportunity to show what they can do

02:26Trying to rush Evans here wherever he can

02:39That's

02:46A lovely finish just look at the proactiveness and the positivity on that technique for the volley

02:57It's quick and it's good lift there from Clark

03:00hanging in well

03:02It's almost he's come alive and his last few few points. Yeah, absolutely match ball down for match balls down

03:09just

03:11Happens a lot doesn't it people tend to relax and just let the arm go

03:22Don't think Evans of mine too much a bit more court time

03:27Close to being out, but as you can see you can't see the

03:31The out of court line on the front wall this angle see them at the sides

03:35That will definitely be an appeal if any wins this point

03:48Just fading that into the front corner

03:50But maybe just a little bit of a sense of urgency from from Rudy's sort of attack the past few points

04:05a

04:18Big smile from Rudy Clark. It's really good effort