The win against Benjamin Gledura really put Sheva way ahead of his competitors in this tournament. The closest player—or players, in this case—to him were Mateusz Bartel and Alexander Motylev from Russia, who still had 4 points, two whole points behind him right now.
It would take a miracle for them to be able to win the tournament, and by miracle, that meant they had to win the rest of the three games while Sheva had to lose them all. Considering Sheva was still in a hot form, this was basically a mission impossible for any of them, so while the tournament was still far from over, everyone had already considered Sheva to win the trophy, and that was why the enthusiasm started to decrease.
