Joel Schwaerzler and Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg meet in the semifinal at Mouilleron-Le-Captif on Saturday. Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg is rolling — 8 straight wins, 9 of 10 in recent play. Joel Schwaerzler has won 3 in a row and 8 of the last 10 overall.
There's a wide gap in our ratings on hard, and our number follows from it. Schwaerzler comes in off a compressed schedule; Wayenburg comes in off a compressed schedule. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Wayenburg is exactly that — a lean.