Four matches, three spots, lock at 2:40 a.m. Eastern. Lloyd Harris is my captain. He's $11,600, he's been a 62-point player, and the captain button is $17,400. Medvedev is $14,900 for 56, and his captain button is $22,400. I'm not paying the extra to use the bigger name.
Harris is the qualifier against Valentin Vacherot in Chengdu. Vacherot is the 1 seed and he's $11,900 for 52. Same match, and Harris has the average and the price.
The other three matches are Hangzhou. Medvedev is the 1 seed against Valentin Royer, who beat Adam Walton 6-3, 6-4. Royer is $8,600 and a 45. If I want that match, I want Royer, not a Medvedev captain.
Yunchaokete Bu is $11,100 and he's been a 56, the same average as Medvedev, against Kamil Majchrzak. Adolfo Daniel Vallejo is $10,200 for 54 against Coleman Wong, and Wong is $13,400 for 49. Wong is the expensive side of a worse number.
Captain Harris. Bu at the plain price. Royer in the A-CPT slot at $10,800. That's $39,300 for all three. Leave Medvedev's button alone.
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