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ESL Open Week #37: Stats, Serral, SpeCial win

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
September 22 2020 15:24 GMT
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2020-21 ESL Pro Tour: Open Cups


Week #37 of the ESL Open Cups saw (Wiki)Stats claim his sixth victory in the Korean edition of the tournament series, taking over leadership in his home region's gold medal rankings. In Europe none other than (Wiki)Serral made his debut in the weekly competition and immediately secured gold with a dominant performance. On the American server, (Wiki)SpeCial triumphed over a very diverse field of international players, achieving what is surprisingly his very first ESL Open Cup win.

Stats made it into his third ESL Open Cup Korea finals in a row on Monday, looking to make up for losing the previous week's final to (Wiki)Trap. The Afreeca Protoss had to contend with notable competition in the form of (Wiki)Firefly and (Wiki)ByuN before reaching the final series. Prior to military service, ByuN used to be an absolute workhorse in online play, so perhaps he is thinking about returning to that workload. In the finals, Stats clashed with (Wiki)Hurricane in a drawn-out PvP series, the Team LP player actually managing to snag match point early on. The Shield of Aiur, however, did not let himself be denied another week, turning the tide with back-to-back wins for gold medal number six, finally getting ahead of both (Wiki)Zest and (Wiki)Solar.

(Wiki)HeRoMaRinE's current ESL Open Cup EU win streak: Two Three Four Five Six Sev- WAIT, WHAT?! That's right, the streak is over! The tyranny of Big Gabe over the ESL Open Cup EU has ended, as Serral claims the throne in his debut in the weekly tournament. The Finnish Phenom delivered a dominant performance on his run towards the finals, cleaving his way through Europe's Protoss population in the form of youngsters (Wiki)Exostriker and (Wiki)Goblin as well as the Polish duo (Wiki)Gerald and (Wiki)MaNa. We were, however, denied an epic clash between Serral and HeRoMaRinE with the German defending his dominion, as Big Gabe had already fallen in the previous round: (Wiki)Clem rode on the momentum of his fantastic DreamHack run, finally overcoming his German opponent after failing several times before. However, the Team Liquid player could not quite repeat his upset over Serral from the DreamHack Fall Season Finals, allowing Serral to get a modicum of revenge. We'll see if Serral continues to participate regularly in the cups, or if he just needed to let off some steam after a turbulent and disappointing weekend from his perspective. And if he does continue, will this call back (Wiki)Reynor into the fold?

It is quite surprising that a regular ESL Open Cup participant such as SpeCial had to wait 37 weeks for his maiden victory in the tournament series, but there we are. The American edition saw another first time winner, the Mexican Terran becoming the 12th person to win a singular gold medal in the competition, putting up a very strong performance, which could not be truly contested by anyone he met. Notable opposition in the early rounds included (Wiki)Vindicta and his countryman (Wiki)Cham, in the semis SpeCial met the previous week's victor in (Wiki)PtitDrogo, who tried to go for the back-to-back titles, but was bested by the Terran. On the other side of the bracket, MaNa eliminated (Wiki)PartinG, who's still comfortably leading the ESL Open Cup AM rankings, in a TSL5 rematch. While he was able to defeat the Korean, the Polish Protoss did run out of steam in the finals, falling to a clean sweep by his Mexican opponent, who secured the first win for his country ever since Cham's victory in Cup #7.

ESL Open Cup winners earn $200 in prize money and 10 ESL Pro Tour points. Players who finish second earn 5 ESL Pro Tour points and $100. A top 4 finish guarantees at least $50. Week #38 of ESL Open Cups is set to take place on September 28th.

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Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-09-22 16:10:05
September 22 2020 16:09 GMT
#2
Serral said he's bee having problems keeping calm recently, so maybe he wants to player more tournaments now to get used to the pressure again.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
pajen007
Profile Joined September 2020
7 Posts
September 22 2020 16:31 GMT
#3
yea, he needs to play in more tournaments to calm he's nerves. He tweeted about this prob
pajen007
Profile Joined September 2020
7 Posts
September 22 2020 19:15 GMT
#4
but glad to see serral play for us
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
September 22 2020 20:26 GMT
#5
Damn looks like I missed an exciting EU tournament yesterday with Serral playing...
Big_Pete1999
Profile Joined July 2010
United States22 Posts
September 22 2020 21:24 GMT
#6
I'm glad he did this so that he can get practice against Clem and other T's and P's before major tournaments. It'll help him keep up with the meta so he isn't caught off guard in a major tourney.
Cinskywind1
Profile Joined October 2016
17 Posts
September 23 2020 10:57 GMT
#7
Man, I miss this for one week and Serral ends up taking part?! Hope this isn't a one off as seeing high level games on a weekly basis would be amazing.
SamirDuran
Profile Joined May 2012
Philippines894 Posts
September 23 2020 12:34 GMT
#8
finally a champion for each region
Don't practice until you can get it right, practice until you can't get it wrong.
dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
September 23 2020 12:45 GMT
#9
Serral and ByuN playing and Special winning his firest Gold, what a great week for the weekly
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Balnazza
Profile Joined January 2018
Germany1143 Posts
September 23 2020 12:59 GMT
#10
So when Serral wants to get off some steam, he just casually completly destroys the EU Open? Nice...
"Wenn die Zauberin runter geht, dann macht sie die Beine breit" - Khaldor, trying to cast WC3 German-only
Neptuneajax
Profile Joined April 2009
Australia206 Posts
September 24 2020 03:41 GMT
#11
Someone pissed Serral off.
andertalets77
Profile Joined February 2019
143 Posts
September 25 2020 11:20 GMT
#12
where can I see the list of participants 38 week?
Weavel
Profile Joined January 2010
Finland9221 Posts
September 25 2020 11:37 GMT
#13
Cool that Serral played.
Life/Seed//Mvp/NaNiwa fighting! ZeNEX forever!
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