Aruna missed a chop smash in the 5th, then Assar won, then Egypt easily took the 3rd match.
Gionis came back from 6-10 against Ursu to win the game, then won the match 3-0 to force a decider between Greece and Moldova
Nincovic saved a match point by Arce to put Serbia up 2-1 against Mexico
Automatic 2nd-place advancers for women are: Canada, Netherlands, Ukraine, Thailand, Malaysia, Puerto Rico
The listed playoff round matchups are: KAZ-BEL, HUN-SUI, POL-THA (should it be LUX instead of THA?), CRO-AUS
Carey comes back in the 4th game, wins the match and group for Wales
SUI won against CHI in 5th game of 5th match
Last 2 matches in progress are of more consequence - CRO-TUR and GRE-HUN (in a decider) women determine which teams will advance in some way
Men's preliminary round matchups are: MDA-GRE, ITA-ARG, EGY-NGR, MEX-SRB
EGY-NGR to decide which team will represent Africa in the main draw. Aruna vs Assar (2 of the top 3 picks in the MLTT draft yesterday) should be a good one, if they meet.
For the 2nd-placed teams, how is it determined which 6 teams automatically advance to the main draw knockout, and which ones (the other 8) will have to play in a preliminary round (men’s taking place about 5 hours from now)?
From https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1raRTt5FbMDuj3TlMjIQqSx2lcv6yL8bkrx15gKJcrCY/edit?usp=drivesdk , it seems to be mainly due to him missing the US Open, probably because of final exams.
Also, I’m trying to figure out the points from the ranking tournaments last year. In the first one...