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Team Spirit Swept as Yandex Secure BLAST Slam VIII Final Spot

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Team Spirit Swept as Yandex Secure BLAST Slam VIII Final Spot

Team Yandex have booked the first place in the BLAST Slam VIII grand final, sweeping reigning The International champions Team Spirit 2-0 in the upper-bracket final. The win sends Yandex straight to the title match and leaves Spirit needing to fight through one more series to get there. GosuGamers reported that the result came in a rematch after Spirit beat Yandex in their first meeting of the tournament.

There was little room for a slow start from Spirit: Yandex won the first game 50-14, then closed the series with a 49-16 kill lead in game two. The sweep makes Yandex the first confirmed finalist, while the other grand-final berth remains up for grabs.

The other playoff series on the penultimate day also ended 2-0. PARIVISION swept Aurora Gaming in the lower-bracket semifinal, surviving a 65-minute opening game before finishing the second after 43 minutes. Aurora’s run ended in fourth place, while PARIVISION advanced to face Spirit for a place in the final.

That sets up a final-day bracket with no spare lives for the remaining challengers: Spirit and PARIVISION meet in the lower-bracket final, and the winner goes on to face Yandex. The first finalist can now prepare for the championship series while its potential opponent has to earn the invitation the hard way.

Alimzhan “Watson” Islambekov was the standout across the two games. Playing Sven in game one, he finished with 19 kills, 13 assists and no deaths. He switched to Windranger for the closeout, recording 17 kills and 17 assists with two deaths as Yandex completed the sweep.


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