In the first match between Zeta and TS, the chosen maps were Lotus (Zeta), Icebox (TS) and Haven. At the first map, the team from the Philippines chose to play on the front defense. Despite Zeta to win the circle and lead, TS quickly equalized and took the 7-5 ahead after the first round.
Next, Dr. even won the second round and created a distance of 11-6. However, TS's subsequent attack situations were constantly being “neutralized” by Zeta. The representative of Japan won 7 consecutive rounds to complete the “backward” 13-11, taking the lead 1-0.
At the map of Icebox, TS continued to play defensive first but Zeta always showed overwhelming, especially with Reyna agent in hands. After being led 5-7, TS made a mistake when he lost to the 14th round, despite winning the previous round. The advantage is too great to help Zeta easily win Match Point with a distance of 12-6 and finally end the match with a score 13-10, setting a 2-0 victory.
In the next match between T1 and NS, the chosen maps are Icebox (T1), Split (NS) and Ascent. Entering the Icebox, T1 soon faces disadvantages on the defense side when the NS leads to a distance of 7-2. However, the Masters Champion of Bangkok quickly returned with 3 victories to shorten the score to 7-5.
After the attack, T1 returned very strongly. NS increased the score to 9-5 but T1 won an important victory in the bonus, thereby continuing to win another 5 rounds to lead the way 11-9. NS's efforts only help this team win the round 21 before T1 set a 13-10 victory on the first map.
To the Split map, the game became more difficult for T1. Playing on the defense side, Buzz and his teammates were constantly pushed into the “weak money” state and let NS continuously create a distance, finally leading 8-4. However, this team once again returned after being changed to the attack.
With 2 Duelist squad, T1 continuously shortens the score, even surpassed 10-8. NS tried to lead to 11-10 but T1 prevented NS win Match Point, winning the last 3 rounds to set a 13-11 victory and the final score of 2-0.
