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cxrlxs•

Nicolai is on a roll. It will be super impressive if Renato and Victor win. Tri and Brunner have made it further than I expected. But I don’t see them beating Estonia and Poland. If either team does their ranking will benefit greatly.

Qatar looks like they’re peaking. Wouldn’t be surprise if they sweep their bracket. I can see Norway taking the whole thing if no health related issues come up like in Jurmala

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GregSamuelsonOP•

This is definitely the fun part of the tournament. Both American men's teams have very fortunate draws so could push even further. You are right about the ranking benefit. Even if they lose now, 9th is a huge points haul at the World champs. It's an especially welcome result for Tri and Trevor who wouldn't have even been here if it weren't for a Sweden injury

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cxrlxs•

Yep no offense to the other pool members but it was easy picking for the top two teams. Austria demolished the Taylors in the third set. The Netherlands have been doing great and didn’t think Tri and Trevor had a chance. However they love hitting and the made too many errors and hit into tris block.

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ttostige•

Greg the egg! Thanks for these posts as always, love to read them

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GregSamuelsonOP•

That's what my brother used to call me! Thanks, I'm glad you like them

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The_Global_Norwegian•

Great write up! Does anyone know what happened to Tri/Trev?

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GregSamuelsonOP•

Thank you for the feedback.

I'm sure you have the answer to the Tri / Trevor question from other posts here. Crabb family has some pretty bad covid luck

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