Xi Lai Gaming pulls off miraculous upset over G2 Esports

to maneuver on to the higher semifinals.

After assembly twice earlier than at Masters Toronto and Masters Santiago, XLG lastly received not solely its first map win towards G2 on this collection, however its first playoff win of any form on the worldwide stage after Swiss Stage and Group Stage eliminations at every of the final three worldwide occasions.

The collection performed out on Xi Lai’s choose of Lotus, G2’s Ascent, and the decider map of Split. G2 gained Lotus 13-7, XLG gained Ascent 13-4, after which went on to win Split 13-9.

Xi Lai unsurprisingly went with its trademark triple-Sentinel comp on Lotus, that includes Duelist participant

Rarga
on Sage together with a Deadlock and a Cypher. XLG began the map on assault and started robust, profitable the pistol, anti-eco, and changing the bonus to assert an early 3-0 lead. A thrifty, transformed largely because of

BABYBAY
‘s Vyse setup on C, gave the impression to be a small hiccup for XLG en path to a 5-1 lead, however G2 shortly received a learn on XLG’s assault. From the braintrust of

valyn
and

JoshRT
, G2 navigated the map and its midrounds to close perfection, profitable six straight rounds to enter halftime up 7-5.

leaf
‘s 4K is the end on a wonderfully-played out protection of the C website.

A second pistol spherical win on the map helped XLG begin the second half in the fitting path, however G2 reversed that momentum very quickly, changing an eco spherical with 5 pistols. While Xi Lai clawed again a spherical after re-stabilizing its financial system, G2 flexed its muscle. Four straight rounds went G2’s approach, making for a straightforward 13-7 win on XLG’s map choose.

Since Ascent’s return to the map pool, G2 has opted for a double-Duelist look with Yoru-Phoenix, Vyse, Sova, and Astra. In this match, G2 switched out Yoru and Astra for Neon and Omen, whereas XLG went with Jett, Phoenix, and Cypher to enhance Omen and Sova. The map started in an analogous tempo to Lotus, with XLG starting dominantly with wins by the bonus, solely to lose to a low purchase of a number of Stingers. Unlike Lotus although, that momentum was sustained by XLG, because the Chinese facet stormed into halftime main 8-4.

While protection is considered the stronger facet of the map, XLG impressed on assault as nicely, effortlessly breaking down G2’s defenses to close them out of the half en path to a clear 13-4 win.

happywei
pulls off the 1v2 to cap off a pivotal bonus spherical 4K.

XLG’s win on Ascent introduced the 2 groups to Split, a storied map for each groups. For the Chinese facet, happywei’s record-setting 35-kill efficiency on the map in a 13-11 win over

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