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ESL Open Week #68: Dark, Clem, Solar win

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TheOneAboveU
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany3367 Posts
April 27 2021 20:14 GMT
#1
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2021-22 ESL Pro Tour: Open Cups: Week 68


In Week #68 of the ESL Open Cups the Korean region fell under the dominion of (Wiki)Dark, while Europe continued to be dominated by (Wiki)Clem, who secured his fourth win in a row. (Wiki)Solar re-took the reins in the American edition after his lapse of control in the previous week.

Both Dark and his former team mate (Wiki)PartinG cruised through their respective sides of the bracket without losing a map until they clashed in the finals, each of them overcoming an Alpha X Protoss player in the semis. The Zerg had to contend with the greater threat in (Wiki)Zoun, while PartinG had to face (Wiki)Nice. Dark set the tone of the deciding series from the beginning, taking the first two maps before his opponent could strike back and gain a foothold. The win on Oxide was not enough for PartinG to take control away from the Zerg, however, as Dark finished him off on Jagannatha to secure his first win ESL Open Cup victory of the current season—including, most importantly, ten EPT Points.

The créme de la créme of the European scene once again gathered for another ESL Open Cup free for all brawl on Monday, Clem coming out on top of this most royale battle for the fourth time in a row—defeating his rival (Wiki)Reynor in the finals for the second time in this season. Apart from the world-class final showdown, the semis also delivered some EU classics with Reynor having to go through (Wiki)ShoWTimE and Clem being thrown into a rematch of the previous week's finals against (Wiki)HeRoMaRinE. The Frenchman completely overwhelmed the mousesports player and found his form just in time for the decisive series of the day, as in the previous rounds he dropped maps to both (Wiki)Goblin and (Wiki)MarineLorD. On the other side of the bracket, die Mauer managed to steal one map away from the Italian Zerg, but was overcome in the following three matches. Ironically, Reynor faced the same fate in the finals, winning 2000 Atmospheres and then being pressed through Clem's meatgrinder three games in a row.

A short interregnum by (Wiki)Has in the previous week served the inhabitants of the American server with a different overlord for a change, but Solar returned to reclaim his throne on Monday with an effective campaign of reconquest. Taiwan could not hold the reins in Week #68, Solar taking out Nice personally, while the defending champion fell to (Wiki)MaxPax, who also eliminated PartinG from the struggle before being defeated by Solar. (Wiki)Astrea was the first player from the US to reach the finals in the current season, taking down (Wiki)Armani and (Wiki)SKillous on the way there in hard-fought series. The Alpha X player also forced a decisive game against Solar, pushing the ZvP expert to his limits, though he eventually succumbed to the swarm's relentless advance. Marking his second successful expedition to the Americas this season, both Solar and Clem are slowly but steadily encroaching on HeRoMaRinE's overall gold medal count in this tournament series.

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 #69 (sigh ... nice!) of the ESL Open Cups will take place on the 2nd (Korea) and the 3rd of May (Europe and America).

by TheOneAboveU

Korean Server Cup #68 (Click for full bracket)



European Server Cup #68 (Click for full bracket)



Americas Server Cup #68 (Click for full bracket)

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tommey.liang
Profile Joined November 2020
United States363 Posts
April 27 2021 20:40 GMT
#2
Congrats to Dark, Clem and Solar, respectively.

Clement Despanches has definitely evolved from the SSJ2 he was in 2020 to SSJ3 in 2021. Watched his clash with Reynor through Riccardo's stream on Twitch throughout the four games, and Reynor fought so incredibly hard, but it seemed like The Little Corporal was one or two stutter-steps ahead. With the way that he's playing now with winning the Champions' Brawl and and five-straight five ESL Open Cups (including one offseason), he has earned that newly minted No. 1 aligulac ranking.

Also MaxPax has been playing out of his mind as well with qualifying for the NeXT tournament by beating both Zest and Has, then he 2-0'd Has and 2-0'd PartinG in the ESL Open Cup AM.
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33432 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-04-28 09:17:53
April 28 2021 09:17 GMT
#3
Clem's growth really brings an interesting dynamic to international tournaments. He seems to be favored against Serral and Reynor, but the top Korean P/T players still seem to give him problems. Would have been interesting to see it play out naturally, but with military taking TY/Stats/Zest away, I think it's inevitable we'll see Clem win a 'premier' tier international soon.
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mecanicox
Profile Joined January 2021
5 Posts
May 04 2021 15:44 GMT
#4
There is not replay pack for this events?
TheOneAboveU
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany3367 Posts
May 04 2021 15:48 GMT
#5
On May 05 2021 00:44 mecanicox wrote:
There is not replay pack for this events?

Nope, no replay packs for ESL Open Cups.
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mecanicox
Profile Joined January 2021
5 Posts
May 04 2021 16:55 GMT
#6
I see, Thanks.
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