Mawe is the last man standing and, conveniently, the only non-Russian left in the tournament. He will be waiting for the dust to settle in the lower bracket, before he can put his seal of approval on the grand final match up. His opponent there will be selected from:

bublik vs Zepp
winner vs BuLaT
winner vs xpr

The tourney is now effectively in the selection process of the one Russian player who will be most qualified to represent Russia in what will be an mind blowing final of vs !

Don't forget to visit the tournament site. I now leave you with a short irc-ivew with phrenic, and his views about this tournament and beyond:

[15:17:54] <\phil\17600\> ok phrenic
[15:18:30] <phrenic>
[15:18:43] <\phil\17600\> Youre out of the tournament so you can now talk to me without all the secrets your countryman mawe is the big swedish hope in the ztndm3 tourney, and we just saw him defeat xpr in the WB final in some close games. What are your immediate impressions?
[15:22:49] <phrenic> Mawe is smokin' that's for sure! I've been playing quite many ztn vs the russians, and im really impressed of xpr, didn't think he would last this long, but, russians.. Mawe on the other hand, turbolg? the only one i can see match him there is bulat, and bulat is already down to lb where he's facing bbk/zepp / xpr. Will be interesting!

[15:23:36] <\phil\17600\> You made it past some big names, personally defeating delitel, before losing to BuLaT. What can you say about your performance? Did you learn anything new about Ztndm3?
[15:28:14] <phrenic> - GLGLGL, and yet another GL down to lg - ya health, that's my future tactics
[15:28:14] <phrenic> learned by the russians.. Before this tournament i've played this map quite much
[15:28:14] <phrenic> vs seese and other players gaining experience, trying to match up with the russians, still im a step behind. I think i've done good games here, even tho i could have done better, for example, vs bulat, but overall.. I'm satisfied.

[15:29:24] <\phil\17600\> The Russians were favored in the beginning, and there were some challengers from the barbarian hordes, such as fifi from Finland, murdoc from Netherlands, bnz from Ukraine, soma from Luxembourg, olo from Germany, and others. They have all been defeated except Mawe, the others left are Russian. Do you think there is some truth to the rumors of Russian skills on Ztndm3? Do you think Mawe is the best non-Russian on Ztndm3? The best overall?
[15:35:40] <phrenic> Im still supprised no one ever asked why reppie isn't playing?
[15:35:41] <phrenic> I must say im quite dissapointed by murdoc / olo, both of them are good duellers (if they play seriously).
[15:35:43] <phrenic> Russian skills? such as wh, mm3 ghosting etc etc ?
[15:35:46] <phrenic> The fact is.. that the russian scene has been playing ztndm3 longer then us others, wich explains
[15:35:47] <phrenic> their flawless tactics. They are hard to play against.
[15:35:50] <phrenic> Still, the best player i've played on ztn has to be Seese.
[15:35:52] <phrenic> But nowdays, mawe is the best-non russian, no doubt about that.

[15:37:29] <\phil\17600\> Final questions. Have you heard anything about a DM6 only tourney? Would you play in such a tourney? Would others? If you are interested, who would you like to see in a DM6 only tourney?
[15:43:43] <phrenic> I've read about it on the qw.nu forum, still.. i have to admit that DM6 is the most boring duel map tied with dm2.
[15:43:45] <phrenic> Im not good at it, i don't wanna be good at it.. but i can always give it a shot, so yes, i'll participate if there will be one
[15:43:47] <phrenic> Their are quite many names i wanna see a dm6 comeback by, Dag / Circle / Griffin / Interceptor / Gamer / Seese / MUTILATOR is just some of them.
[15:43:49] <phrenic> Note the BIG name in the end, the end.
[15:43:51] <phrenic> ps. I'll pre-signup for your next aerowalk tournament, i've missed the last one.
[15:43:59] <phrenic>

[15:46:42] <\phil\17600\> It wasn't mine, it was Apokalypzes Did you forget Phantasy on purpose? Ok thanks for your time
[15:47:16] <phrenic> i haven't seen anything from phantasy, can't say how good he is
[15:47:35] <phrenic> i've just been playing since late 05
[15:47:38] <phrenic> i think
[15:47:49] <\phil\17600\> ah cool
[15:48:02] <phrenic> i know it was apokalypze's, but next after dm6 you're going with aerowalk
[15:48:22] <\phil\17600\> hehe