ESL One Birmingham Online Southeast Asia went into its
second day of round-robin group stage action and after yesterday’s upsets, we were
definitely in for another epic day of Dota 2.
TNC Predator seemed as shaky as they have been often this
year when they played against BOOM Esports yesterday and nothing seemed to change
today. The squad seemed adamant to make the support Sniper, Beastmaster and
Enigma picks work for them but that just was not the case. Today’s series was
even tougher too as they met with Team Adroit who were already on a high from
taking down Fnatic in fine fashion and they were not about to stop. Adroit were
able to comfortably claim a 2-0 victory in the series, while TNC fell to the
bottom of the group with no wins after two matches.
Next up we would see BOOM taking the battlefield in a
massive series against Geek Fam – both of whom had showed off their brilliant
skills yesterday to win dominant matches. While GF are considered one of the
favourites for the event, BOOM’s destruction of TNC yesterday definitely put
them on a high and led them to victory today. Although GF took a commanding victory
in the first game, they were left in the dust in the next two as BOOM stomped
them down. With that, BOOM join Adroit at the top of the group with three days
of round-robin action to go.
The final series of the day would see Fnatic taking on
Reality Rift, both of whom had suffered defeats yesterday. FNC were on the rise
in recent times and it was thought that this series would be quick and easy for
them – but RR were not about to let that be the case. Although FNC did take a
2-0 win in the series, it was not easy at all as both games went to the 50
minute mark but when it came down to it, the experience of FNC got them through
to the end. For RR, their second defeat means that they will join TNC at the
bottom of the group for now.
Tomorrow ESL One Birmingham 2020 returns for more SEA action
with Fnatic and BOOM kicking off the day before TNC fight against Geek Fam,
with Adroit versus RR to close out day 3 of proceedings at the event’s group
stage.
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