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ESL Open Week #39: Solar takes two, Clem wins EU

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
October 06 2020 07:43 GMT
#1
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2020-21 ESL Pro Tour: Open Cups


Double triumph! It took 39 weeks and as many ESL Open Cups for one player to secure victories on two different servers on the same day, but (Wiki)Solar finally achieved this honor by winning the Korean and American cups on Monday. The only server not in the Korean Zerg's grasp was Europe, where (Wiki)Clem returned to finish on top for the first time since May.

Not having participated in the three previous cups, and with his rivals starting to overtake him in the medal rankings, Solar must have been very eager to get back into his online groove this week. Things started a bit shaky, as his Chinese team league rival (Wiki)Firefly once again took a map from him, but in the end Solar stabilized and advanced, gaining form and confidence as he went on to beat (Wiki)Hurricane and (Wiki)SpeCial to reach the finals. There, a very dangerous opponent awaited him in (Wiki)Trap, who had just cleanly swept the previous week's winner (Wiki)DongRaeGu out of the competition. Solar, though, showed his ZvP prowess and extended his narrow, head-to-head lead vs the Jin Air Protoss with a finals victory. This is Solar's sixth gold medal in the Korean edition of the weekly tournament and his first win since back in June.

Speaking of victories from a while ago, Clem's last ESL Open Cup Europe win before Monday had happened all the way back in May. He was able to reach the finals five times between then and his latest win this week, but failed to achieve victory. He was finally able to overcome this hurdle in Week #39 advancing through a tough bracket with wins over the ever dangerous (Wiki)MaxPax, his Team Liquid colleague (Wiki)Harstem, German Zerg (Wiki)Lambo and finally his grand ESL Cup nemesis (Wiki)HeRoMaRinE. As we're almost used to by now when these two Terrans meet, the duel went the full distance and no party gave any quarter. Clem's TvT has made a lot of progress over the last couple of weeks, however, and so the Frenchman was able to hold off Big Gabe from following through on his 2-1 lead, coming back into the series with two consecutive wins and continuing the momentum from his successful (Wiki)King of Battles group stage performance.

This is slightly like a game of Crusader Kings now, with Solar holding two titles half a world apart with different succession laws. His fifth American ESL Open Cup gold was less contested than the victory in his home region, the toughest competition coming from fellow Korean Zerg (Wiki)Armani in the quarterfinals. Every other player was swept aside by Solar without much effort, with only the Afreeca Zerg ruining a perfect run for the KaiZi player. Solar even kept his cool against the surprising finalist MaxPax, who gave the American edition a try after his forced exit by Clem early on in the European cup. Solar didn't drop a single map against the Danish upstart, who still had an impressive run where he eliminated (Wiki)SpeCial, (Wiki)Vanya and (Wiki)Nina en route to the finals. Week #39 certainly was a successful one for Team eXon, having managed to fill three fourths of the American edition's top four with their own members—only that most important of placements remained out of their reach. Meanwhile, Solar writes ESL Cup history with this victory, being the first and so far obviously only player to achieve the double crown. What a comeback to the weekly competition for him. Defending this achievement will be extremely hard, but if he manages to do that, another entry into the histories will be guaranteed.

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 #40 of ESL Open Cups is set to take place on October 12th.

by TheOneAboveU

Korean Server Cup #39 (Click for full bracket)



European Server Cup #39 (Click for full bracket)



Americas Server Cup #39 (Click for full bracket)

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Serimek
Profile Joined August 2011
France2274 Posts
October 06 2020 08:07 GMT
#2
Looking at the overall gold medals, it safe to say that HeroMarine = Clem + Solar. It's big.
SC2 is the best game to watch and was the best to play before I grew old and slow...
dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-10-06 08:19:50
October 06 2020 08:19 GMT
#3
GGs MaxPax!! Very impressive run over both Cups.
MaxPax
tigon_ridge
Profile Joined March 2019
482 Posts
October 06 2020 08:29 GMT
#4
It feels good to see these young talents rapidly improving. SC is looking to have a nice, healthy future. Clem's ability is showing no sign of peaking yet. MaxPax and Geralt are going places.
followZeRoX
Profile Joined March 2011
Serbia1449 Posts
October 06 2020 08:43 GMT
#5
Wow, Catz took down MaNa with offrace
Cinskywind1
Profile Joined October 2016
17 Posts
October 06 2020 08:49 GMT
#6
Great catching some of the games but enjoyed Rotti's coverage of the Goblin run. The Cannon rush game made me luagh
Rotti: "make this one quick"
Goblin "ok" - two cannon rush games
Rotti "I meant make the lobbies quick!"
Argonauta
Profile Joined July 2016
Spain4906 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-10-06 08:53:08
October 06 2020 08:51 GMT
#7
what a madlad this solar, start playing around 12:00 CEST and finishing at 5 am CEST lol
Rogue | Maru | Scarlett | Trap
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Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany6902 Posts
October 06 2020 09:34 GMT
#8
Solar you Madman! Congratz
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
October 06 2020 14:58 GMT
#9
On October 06 2020 17:19 dbRic1203 wrote:
GGs MaxPax!! Very impressive run over both Cups.


Yeah amazing! No doubt Solar did amazing, but MaxPax kind of steals his thunder a bit.
Earth, Water, Air and Protoss!
dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
October 06 2020 15:32 GMT
#10
On October 06 2020 17:51 Argonauta wrote:
what a madlad this solar, start playing around 12:00 CEST and finishing at 5 am CEST lol

I m pretty sure he went straight to bed after the Kr Cup and woke up early for the NA one
MaxPax
mikedupp
Profile Joined May 2020
233 Posts
October 06 2020 16:14 GMT
#11
Catz winning a pvp vs Mana is insane. Nice job outta Catz.
ytherik
Profile Joined July 2020
199 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-10-06 18:40:30
October 06 2020 18:38 GMT
#12
Where do you guys see CatZ taking out MaNa? Am I blind?

Edit: Nevermind, now I see in Ro64.
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
October 06 2020 19:17 GMT
#13
On October 06 2020 17:49 Cinskywind1 wrote:
Great catching some of the games but enjoyed Rotti's coverage of the Goblin run. The Cannon rush game made me luagh
Rotti: "make this one quick"
Goblin "ok" - two cannon rush games
Rotti "I meant make the lobbies quick!"

Can you give a rough time mark of this? Would love to see that.
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
October 06 2020 22:00 GMT
#14
On October 07 2020 01:14 mikedupp wrote:
Catz winning a pvp vs Mana is insane. Nice job outta Catz.


Woah that's pretty crazy. That's something like a 1400 MMR difference.
col_jung
Profile Joined October 2017
139 Posts
October 07 2020 04:17 GMT
#15
CatZ lol
ROOTCatZ
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Peru1226 Posts
October 07 2020 18:51 GMT
#16
On October 07 2020 13:17 col_jung wrote:
CatZ lol


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