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Old 02-14-2017, 04:11 PM   #574
Brian Swartz
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Join Date: May 2006
Race to the World Tour Finals
Post-USO Edition

In

Prakash Mooljee -- 13,050
Tomas Niklas -- 8,400
Johnny Browne -- 5,030

Browne's US Open title makes him the third player to join this year's field.


Probable

Khasan Zakirov -- 5000
Girish Girsh -- 4115
Gillo Fangio -- 4110
Juan de los Santos -- 3955

Girsh still looks to tumble some at the end of the year, unless he somehow defends last year's Shanghai crown. From the #3 spot on there are a lot of things that could happen yet; it's all about finishing strong. Girsh is still an excellent indoor player, so he could go out well at Paris and the WTF. On the other hand, if he'd lost early at the USO he's be on the edge of not qualifying right now.


Contenders

Luc Janin -- 3610
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Tiosav Srbulovic -- 3425

As it stands, we've got a two-man competition with neither player have made the Tour Finals before. Even with his slump, my money's on Janin here. He's too good not to make it ... right?


Long Shots

Jake Jolland -- 3005
Shreya Ujjaval -- 2935
Kire Zopp -- 2835
Mateo Kaspar -- 2825
Tristan Benitez -- 2750
Zourab Andronikov -- 2625

Zopp and Kaspar are definitely worth watching here. Kire has been on a tear as mentioned, and Mateo's just frankly got the talent for the one deep run it'll take to get in the hunt. Shanghai should be very interesting as both of them will need to strike there to have a realistic shot at crashing the party.
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