Brutal. Unexpected Stressing. With these and other adjectives you can describe the incredible ending of the Predator League LATAM Street Fighter 2021, which defined a winner on Saturday night, June 26, after more than four hours of uninterrupted broadcast. The honor had it TSD Follower, who against all odds managed to usurp a championship that seemed to have been won by someone else.
In previous days we talked about summary of the first day of the Predator League LATAM Street Fighter 2021 and about the eight best players remaining in the tournament. RocklandKyo, Seguero, Salvatorazquez / Salvatore and CFV-ONE started in the winners bracket; while the losers were Kingsbd, Zaito240, ioRoS and Lm3.
The day began with the duel starring Rocklandkyo and Seguero. The first managed to defeat his opponent 3-0 with a Laura who cornered Menat. However, this would not be the end of Seguero.
The next winner was Salvatorazquez, who managed to dominate the meeting with his usual Karin in front of a Dhalsim of CFV-ONE that he did not manage to abuse the advantage of distance and that he was defeated in a landslide 3-0.
After that, the fight between Kingsbd (Balrog) and Z aito240 (Seth
In the losers’ key, Px-Lm3 e ioRoS they had an exciting ‘mini-finale’. What appeared to be absolute domination by Lm3’s Urien against his rival’s Alex, ended up being a comeback by ioRoS when he took out an M. Bison. After trailing 2-0, he managed to win perfectly 2-3.
The semifinal of winners was lived between Rocklandkyo (Laura) Y Salvatorazquez (Karin). Although there was a lot of resistance, the duel was closed by Salvatorazquez with a 3-0 and in Perfect K.O.
Back to the losers’ bracket, CFV-ONE e ioRoS were eliminated by Zaito240 Y Seguero, respectively. When these last two met, Seguero used his main character, Ken, with whom he managed to defeat Zaito240’s Seth in a 3-0.
The losers final was a tightly-fought festival of grips between Seguero Y Rocklankyo. Anyone could have won, but in the last second it was Seguero who managed to win 3-2. With this, managed to qualify for the grand final against Salvatore.
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Salvatore it had an apparent advantage. He had not fallen once in the tournament and was confident in the impeccable handling he had carried out so far with his Karin. In the meantime, Seguero He was coming off a series of ups and downs that tested his mettle. This, not to say that he would have to win twice in a row if he wanted to stay with the tournament.
This trend was maintained at the beginning. Seguero made the decision to bring Menat with the goal of countering Karin. Nevertheless, the choice worked against him, as Salvatore took advantage of every opportunity and immediately won three fights
Standing on the ropes Seguero He decided to go back to his faithful character, Ken, in an all or nothing. Incredibly, this worked out so well that he was able to score three fights and produce the key reset.
This was a blow to a nervous Salvatore. Although the restarted final was closer, Seguero managed to win the Predator League LATAM Street Fighter 2021 in a resounding 5-3.
When it was commented to Seguero for his unexpected victory and the change from Menat to Ken, this is what he said:
«He is a character to whom I have dedicated my whole life. If I don’t trust my character, I have absolutely nothing. Salvatore is a very strong player with tremendous pressure. I had to understand those gaps and spaces that he gave me with his’front dashes‘. Security: that’s the important thing.
On the other hand, Salvatorazquez admitted that the sudden change in results was a severe blow to his morale as a fighter when the key reset was achieved:
«I still suffer from nerves and I feel pressured. The same thing happened to me in the weekly tournament in the final with Rockland, which made me reset
. I felt a bit bad, since that affects the psychological part a lot. The truth was quite complicated and it shows that Seguero studied the matchup contra Karin ».
Despite the emotions, the day ended with expressions of respect between the two players, who belong to the same team, TSD.
How was the Top 8 of the Predator League LATAM Street Fighter 2021 and what awards do they have?
Remember that all Top 8 was entitled to a slice of the prize pool. Furthermore, in a tournament of this type, the fifth and sixth place are shared and have the same recognition, as well as the seventh and eighth. That said, this is how the final ranking was:
- 1. TSD Follower: $800.000.
- 2. TSD Salvatore: $400.000.
- 3. TSD Rocklandkyo: $300.000.
- 4. Px Zaito 240: $200.000.
- 5. CFV-ONE: $100.000.
- 5. GLG ioRoS: $100.000.
- 7. Px-Lm3: $75.000.
- 7. Kingsbd: $75.000.
Remember that if you want to see the grand final again, you can see the summary on the Facebook page of PS5. Similarly, the recording is found on the allied pages of Superbits, Onlag, Andrenoob Y R-Bros.
For now, this was it for the Predator League LATAM Street Fighter 2021, but you can expect new events and amazing tournaments in the near future.
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