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The Tawdry Chaudhry Incident

Published by: The Squashist on 6th Mar 2010 | View all blogs by The Squashist

Most of us have seen the video of Baset Chaudry, team co-captain of Trinity's squash team that has just registered its 12th year of perfection, yelling in the face of his Yale opponent and nearly head-butting him. It was, indeed, ugly.

And yet, one can only imagine the pressure that one must feel carrying the weight of so many successful years, playing in front of a rambunctious home crowd and his own parents that came from overseas to watch, playing an opponent who had goaded him at least a bit during the match.....  The stage was set.

Chaudhry lost his cool. Adrenaline kicked in as he won the match, won the team competition for Trinity, and won yet another year as the best collegiate squash team on the planet.

By all accounts he is an exceptional kid who is also a great squash player. Chaudhry sincerely apologized, and I'm sure he meant it. He just lost it -- let it be a learning experience. Unfortunately, he has ... click HERE to read the rest of the blog.

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  • terry
    by terry 4 months ago
    I've watched the whole match not just the last 20 seconds and I'm struggling to see the big deal here, he was goaded by a totally over-awed and out played opponent and let out his frustration not during the match but at the very end. He apologised ...that's it...what incident? what example of poor sportsmanship? It was a great example of his sportsmanship that he didn't let the Yale guy get to him until it was over and no longer mattered. Good player, good maturity, good result.
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