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Race to the World Tour Finals
Post-USO Edition
In
Girish Girsh -- 12,710
Gustavo Caratti -- 8,340
Antonin Iglar -- 7,580
Girsh is the runaway #1 this year, while Iglar has joined the field yet again as anticipated. Caratti holds the second spot for now, but he can't compete with Iglar in the upcoming events and he'll soon fade to third again.
Probable
Anil Mehul -- 5360
Mugur Kinczllers -- 4870
Theodore Bourdet -- 3760
Looks like Mehul hangs onto the fourth spot through the end of the year, but it's far from certain. Kinczllers looks secure in fifth, and for the two of them it's basically just awaiting the paperwork to book their spots. Bourdet looks likely, but he's got a lot more work to do.
Contenders
Bjorn Benda -- 3250
Pierce Gaskell -- 3210
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Agustin Herrera -- 3125
A rather fascinating thing has happened here. Both Benda and Gaskell did better than expected in the last month ... Benda went out early in the big events, but won the German Open(500) ... and now we have some drama to the finish. Two old war-horses, making a final push for one last appearance.
Long Shots
Davide Poilblan -- 2705
Shreya Ujjaval -- 2705
Thiago Herrera -- 2515
Prakash Mooljee -- 2405
Tobia Alberti -- 2395
Elias Trulsen -- 2385
Roger Federer -- 2270
Everybody here really needs a big finish at this point, given that it's now pretty close to the end. Poilblan and Ujjaval esp. still have a chance though, about 500 points back and a couple of veterans and a clay specialist ahead of them that could go out early in any tournament. Mooljee's chances are more remote ... he actually lost a bit of ground on the qualifying line in the past weeks has too much ground to make up to do it with a breakthrough performance or two. That's not out of the question completely, but unquestionably time is running short. The list has thinned a bit here, and will unquestionably thin further over the next few weeks, by the end of Shanghai.
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