JustFranco vs udongirl
I've always been a fan of Franco in general, ever since he was kicking it in National Dex of all places, but he has had a pretty nice glow up this past year which has been evidenced by his performances not just in the circuit side of things but also in UUSD. He mostly brings sound stuff but what really sets him apart in my opinion is his ability to just not make terrible plays. I expect him to win this round.
starbitstorm vs
justdrew
Honestly, I have never really been a believer of sbs. His performances may look decent but his gameplay is not on the same calibre of most, if not all, of the other players remaining in these playoffs. Drew is one such person I feel. He's like Franco in the way that he also had a pretty heat glow up throughout the past year and I am generally pretty impressed by his level of understanding in most scenarios, and he also does not try to cook too hard in the builder and focus more on what works which I respect heavily. That is really the biggest issue I have with his opponent - sbs tries way too hard to think outside of the box which is definitely more to his detriment than anything else because at this stage (similar to a deep uu team tournament season I'd say) people will pick up on that and I think he'll get punished for it because his strength lies in the unpredictability of his brings, rather than his ability to play well. I did like the psychic terrain bring though, cool idea. I may seem like I'm ragging on sbs too hard but I really think that this will hold him back from being a consistently strong force in the tier. Good luck both though, regardless of the result this set will be entertaining for sure.
hariyana grande
vs robjr
Strongest Player of TODAY vs. Strongest player of the PAST. Looking forward to this one because I cannot really tell who is more favoured here because both have been having a stellar year in the tier although rob has mostly stuck to sm. hari got a little lucky but I think overall his play in the set was good, and he also is definitely the one who is more familiar with the metagame in general so I expect the experience gap that rob brings to the table will be less overwhelming for him. About as close as it gets I think but maybe favour rob a bit more just because hes played more and always performs at this stage in uu.
Aislinn vs
Mimilucha
Another pretty close one I won't lie. I have been more of a fan for Mimilucha the past 6 or 7 months and I won't stop thinking that here. But ash is very solid as well so a G3 is very likely, so this is about as 50/50 as it gets along with the rob hari matchup. Very cool!
Good luck all, of course
. A lot of good potential winners.