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ESL Open Week #66: Stats, Clem, Solar win

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TL.net ESPORTS
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April 14 2021 02:11 GMT
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2021-22 ESL Pro Tour: Open Cups


The second week of the ESL Open Cups for the 2021-22 ESL Pro Tour (and 66th overall) have come and gone: On Sunday, (Wiki)Stats marked his first win of the second season in Korea, while (Wiki)Clem defended his title in the European showdown on Monday. In the American cup, (Wiki)Solar celebrated his first successful overseas campaign of the season.

The top echelon of Korean Protoss players seem to have thing for EPT points. Their participation in these cups has been steady week after week, while their colleague's spirits seem lacking in this regard. No wonder, then, that once more the warriors from Aiur dominated the competition on Sunday by taking three out of four top spots in the Asian cup. Stats had a pretty comfortable way to the finals, with (Wiki)MacSed and (Wiki)SpeCial being the only notable opponents he had to overcome to gain entry to the decisive bout. There, he clashed with (Wiki)PartinG, who had already stood in the finals in the previous week (eliminating Stats along the way). Unfortunately for PartinG, he had his hopes thwarted once again. Just like in Cup #65, the Big Boy won the first map, only to be crushed in the three subsequent games. Having defeated (Wiki)Has and (Wiki)Trap along the way, his PvP mojo seemed depleted.

While 'the Clem Weekly' really doesn't have the same ring to it as 'the Big Gabe Weekly', the Liquid player seems to have the will to make the new unofficial title for the tournament series a reality, having already secured the second win in the new season and laying a foundation for a long streak of victories. It was a hard-won triumph, for Clem had to contend with (Wiki)souL and (Wiki)HeRoMaRinE to reach the finals. But with his reputed weakness in TvT really not being as much of an issue anymore, the two Terrans were nothing the Frenchman couldn't handle. On the other side of the bracket, another heavy hitter cruised through the bracket without breaking a sweat: the reigning world champion (Wiki)Reynor graced the cup with his presence and reached the finals without losing a map, disposing of (Wiki)GunGFuBanDa in the semis—already the second top four placement for the German this season. The Italian and his opponent from France rekindled their rivalry from last season, Clem winning the first map after a series of Bio pushes. Reynor struck back by taking a page out of Dark's book and opting for Roach-Ravager, transitioning into Lurker-Viper and eventually winning the macro game in the second match. He followed this up by showing his range on the third map, taking a win with Muta-Ling-Bane. A wonky base trade scenario on Blackburn equalized the series, with Clem closing things out in another Bio-Mine vs. Muta-Ling-Bane match on the final map—it wasn't the most exciting series these two have played against each other, but seeing this duel in a weekly cup sure is a fantastic thing for the fans.

After crashing out of the Korean/Asian cup early on, Solar made up for it with a dominating performance in the American ESL Open Cup one day later, going through (Wiki)Vanya, Has and SpeCial without dropping a map to claim the win. Has had already reached the semi-finals in the previous week, seemingly gaining some consistency. The same goes for Polish Protoss (Wiki)Gerald, who had appeared in the finals of Cup #65 and only narrowly missed out on repeating this feat, being eliminated by the Mexican Terran with a 2-3 score after himself defeating the defending champion (Wiki)MaxPax and Korean player (Wiki)NightMare. Taken together with his very solid performance in the World Team League on the weekend, the eXoN player's form seems to be quite good at the moment, so another finals appearance or perhaps even a win look like they're in the cards for him.

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. Edition #67 of the ESL Open Cups will take place on the 18th (Korea) and the 19th of April (Europe and America).

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Elantris
Profile Joined June 2018
66 Posts
April 14 2021 12:45 GMT
#2
Have americans considered playing sc2?
tommey.liang
Profile Joined November 2020
United States362 Posts
April 14 2021 13:27 GMT
#3
Congrats to Stats, Clem and Solar on winning the respective cups.

It was epic to see the epic best-of-5 from Clem and Reynor again, missed seeing those a lot especially in 2020.
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fanastos
Profile Joined April 2021
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Last Edited: 2021-04-14 15:13:56
April 14 2021 15:05 GMT
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tilhorizon
Profile Joined September 2008
Germany191 Posts
April 14 2021 15:30 GMT
#5
Grats also to Gungfubanda best EU Protoss in EU for 3 weeks in a row
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland25031 Posts
April 14 2021 16:30 GMT
#6
On April 15 2021 00:05 fanastos wrote:
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On April 14 2021 21:45 Elantris wrote:
Have americans considered playing sc2?

They dont have to. They are allowed to play in the NA qualifiers for world finals and are automatically qualified anyway. They might as well scratch the region or make them have to accumulate a threshold of EPT points for finals. Or else they will just stay afk like Scarlett on minimum points

It would still be decent practice if nothing else. Although many of the top NA players are at least getting good team league experience against quality players too.
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Kitai
Profile Joined June 2012
United States873 Posts
April 15 2021 00:04 GMT
#7
It's always a good time when Clem and Reynor face off. Two of the fastest players around makes for really entertaining series
"You know, I don't care if soO got 100 second places in a row. Anyone who doesn't think that he's going to win blizzcon watching this series is a fool" - Artosis, Blizzcon 2014 soO vs TaeJa
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