The magic of upsets continued during the course of a rather unpredictable UGC Smash Open weekend at the Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville, IL. With the number one position on SSBMRank so heavily contested, each match between Juan Hungrybox Debiedma and Adam Armada Lindgren has become much more important. But this time, the grand finals featured Jason Mew2King Zimmerman.In the winners bracket, Edgard n0ne Sheleby sent Mew2King to losers after a close five-game set, while Michael Mike Haze Pulido sent Joseph Mango Marquez to losers after a 3-1 victory. The early unpredictable losses meant that Mew2King and Mango would play earlier than normal in the losers bracket with the loser placing in thirteenth place. The set went to a close game five, but Mew2King managed to outplay Mango in several spots to take the set.For Armada and Hungrybox, it was business as usual as they went relatively unscathed in their paths to winners finals. In winners semis, n0ne started the set strong against Armada, but Armada meticulously put together a comeback to win the first game and, later, the entire set. Hungrybox had little trouble with William Leffen Hjelte as he won in four games. It seems like a reoccurring pattern; another tournament, another Armada-Hungrybox finals.Hungrybox struck early in the winners finals set by winning the first two games. His level of play started to look like his Evo 2016 performance, but Armadas grit let him take the next three games to win the set and advance into grand finals.Meanwhile, Mew2King slowly built momentum in Top 8, defeating James Duck Ma, Mango, Mustafa Ice Akcakaya, Zachary SFAT Cordoni, n0ne, and Leffen to advance into losers finals.The thorn in Mew2kings side, Hungrybox, was the next roadblock. The set count has been heavily in Hungryboxs favor in 2016, but Mew2King showed smart adaptations this time. Instead of the usual laser-camping style, Mew2King played much more aggressively and invaded Hungryboxs space without making too many mistakes. The strategic adjustments worked out for Mew2King, as he surprised everyone with a win and ticket to the grand finals against Armada.By far, this has been one of the longest losers bracket runs of Mew2Kings career, but could he take two consecutive sets over Armada?The odds did not seem to be in Mew2Kings favor. In 2016, his set record against Armada was an abysmal 1-7, but that didnt seem to matter to him at UGC. He played the first set masterfully, controlling the pace of the game as he pressured Armada into making tough decision after tough decision. Mew2King managed to reset the bracket after winning the first set in four games, and the momentum seemed to be on his side.However, beating Armada in two consecutive sets is no easy task and Armada began to hit his stride in the second set. The easy kill setups that Mew2King found in Set 1 were nowhere to be found in the second. Armada won Game 1 decisively on Battlefield, and Mew2King looked to even things up on Final Destination. In a nail-biting Game 2, Armada found the killing blow before Mew2King, to take a 2-0 lead.With his back against the wall, Mew2king gained some momentum by winning Game 3 on the runback on Final Destination, but Armada now had access to two strong counter-pick stages for the remainder of the set. On Dreamland, Mew2King put together an impressive display of dash-dancing and mixups, but Armadas strong defensive use of turnips and counter-attacks were too much as he clinched the set 3-1 to win UGC.Despite finishing in second, Mew2King gives his fans something to cheer about as he demonstrated that he can win against anyone in the world. At UGC, he put together an impressive run, and defeated four members of the big 6 in the process. 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The third-ranked Ivanovic, who won the event in 2008 and 10, served five aces and broke Wickmayer, also a former winner in 2009, five times. "The result looked easier than it really was," Ivanovic said. Dane Piedt is considering all options to further his cricket career in England and would not be averse to a Kolpak deal, according to his agent Francois Brink. Piedt, who has played seven Tests for South Africa, most recently in August, would ideally welcome a stint as an overseas player on the county circuit but is open to other offers as well.He is looking for a deal but whether that is overseas or Kolpak, we are waiting to see, Brink told ESPNcricinfo. Dane is still keen to play for South Africa and if a Kolpak offer came it would require heavy consideration. At the moment, there is nothing on the table and he is fully committed to South Africa.Should Piedt opt for the Kolpak route, he would be the fourth recent Test cap to pause his international career and head for England after Stiaan van Zyl, Simon Harmer and Hardus Viljoen all signed for counties from the 2017 season. There is talk of at least two other players involved in the South Africa Test set-up being interested in similar deals.A source close to the players revealed that their reasons have as much to do with financial security and limited opportunities at home as they do with the uncertainty over what Brexit - the UK vote to leave the EU - will mean for South Africans looking to work there.We all know the Rand is declining but its when you see players like Dane Piedt or Stiaan van Zyl struggling to get into franchise teams for the domestic T20 because the teams need to meet targets, you understand why some of them are looking to leave, the insider said.For Piedt, who is non-white, the argument takes a different twist. CSAs transformation targets stipulate that franchises must field six players of colour, of which three must be black African - effectively leaving only three places for those of mixed race or Indian descent. As a result, Piedt has found it difficult to get game time at the Titans, where he is on loan from the Cobras. Piedt has been a regular in the Cobras first-class campaign this year.At national level, the team is required to have an average of six players of colour over the course of a season, of which at least two must be black African. Piedt has lost ground to Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi in the national selectors eyes but he has been included in the South African XI to play thhe touring Sri Lankans in a warm-up match starting this weekend.ddddddddddddWhile transformation is being blamed for the possible talent drain, former South Africa captain Graeme Smith played it down as the reason for players looking elsewhere.Everyone is probably going to go the transformation angle but CSA have been honest and open about their transformation policies and I actually like that, Smith said. I think its nice to see that theyve put themselves out there. Free agency is one of the greatest challenges to world cricket today, with the twenty-over competitions and the opportunities to not only make money but forge careers in other parts of the world.He urged CSA to do its best to keep hold of the majority of players. Thats why the culture of South African cricket, the honesty, the value system needs to be really strong and hopefully that you will keep creating dreams that people want to play for the Proteas, that are greater than the monies they can earn elsewhere or the opportunities that lie out there, he said.CSA has indicated it is not overly concerned about the numbers that may be lost. Haroon Lorgat told the Guardian : We cannot restrain individuals from plying their trade. Over and above our regular reviews of the domestic playing rules and regulations to ensure it is fit for purpose, we will continue to rather focus on making sure that we have the best systems to produce the best cricketers in numbers. We have realised a long time back that the world is a global village with people very mobile. Like in every other country and across every other profession, South African citizens will venture abroad to take advantage of stronger currencies and employment opportunities.While the Rand has strengthened against the pound, it sits at over R17 at the moment and the lure of building a nest egg is too strong for some players to turn down, especially because they may not have that for much longer. The uncertainty over what changes to the UKs relationship with Europe will mean for Kolpak signings - which rely on trading agreements with the EU - means that a lot of players are looking to get in while they still can, the source said. ' ' '