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Old 11-01-2016, 06:16 PM   #546
Brian Swartz
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Join Date: May 2006
Race to the World Tour Finals
Post-USO Edition

In

Prakash Mooljee -- 11,055
Girish Girsh -- 6,220
Gustavo Caratti -- 6,120
Antonin Iglar -- 6,080
Tomas Niklas -- 6,055

Mooljee has already locked up the year-end #1. The real drama is what happens after him. The margin between second and fifth is paper-thin right now.

Probable

Anil Mehul -- 4990
Shreya Ujjaval -- 4125

Mehul is definitely capable of a strong indoor finish, and he'll need it to even stay in contact with the Top 5. His spot in the rankings looks to be a bit of a mirage right now, despite the success in Cincy. Ujjaval has done enough to make his spot look fairly safe at the moment.

Contenders

Mugur Kinczllers -- 3670
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It seems the only real question is whether anyone can stop Kinczllers, a safe bet to make it easily the last few years, from sliding into the last spot.

Long Shots

Agustin Herrera -- 3115
Khasan Zakirov -- 3080
Theodore Bourdet -- 2930
Luc Janin -- 2760

I think Khasan Zakirov is definitely the player with the best shot, and probably the only guy with a realistic one. Less than 600 points behind at this point is definitely doable, as we saw with Mooljee last year. Shanghai in a month is his best chance; he's a solid indoor player, but nothing special there. It's impressive that Janin is even on this list, but he's just got too much ground to make up in all likelihood.


Coming Up ...

Back to the WTC with the quarterfinals against Croatia next week. With the top two players in the world, we have every expectation that we will keep winning.
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