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In normal use I've never seen a decent 2.0/1.8mm spoke break in the middle, it's always at the nipple or elbow, even on tandems. Obviously polo is different because of impacts, so plain guage is best.
I think if a dt/sapim spoke breaks at the elbow it's because of a poor build: low tension means play between the spoke head and hub flange hole. Millions of revolutions wears them away and they eventually break. A good wheel shouldn't have any movement there. If a spoke breaks at the nipple it's usually a poor spoke (never seen a dt/sapim spoke break at the nipple), probably caused by cut rather than rolled threads.