The Major champions from IEM Rio, Virtus.pro, have crashed out of the Perfect World Shanghai Major, suffering a shocking 2-1 loss to underdogs Wildcard in the Opening Stage on Monday.
An early Major exit, wasn’t really what was expected when the Russians added the former NAVI star Denis “electroNic” Sharipov to their roster earlier this year.
However, the Dzhami “Jame” Ali-led squad has struggled to live up to expectations, and their poor form culminated in a disappointing exit in Shanghai.
Despite a promising start with a win on Ancient, Virtus.pro was completely outplayed by Wildcard on the following maps, Inferno and Anubis. Dzhami “Jame” Ali and his squad failed to recover as Wildcard secured the victory, led by standout performances from phzy and Stanislaw.
As Virtus.pro’s days at the Major have come to an end, Wildcard will live to fight another battle in China when they take on Passion UA tomorrow.
Wildcard vs Virtus.pro 2-1 | Shanghai Major Opening Stage
10-13 (Ancient) – fame | 1.49 rating
13-7 (Inferno) – phzy | 1.29 rating
13-8 (Anubis) – stanislaw | 1.45
Other results today
Earlier today at the Shanghai Major, Cloud9 and Rare Atom bowed out of the tournament after falling in their respective elimination series, marking an early exit for both squads.
Meanwhile, on the opposite end of the standings, the Brazilians from FURIA and paiN successfully punched their tickets to the Elimination Stage with decisive victories over BIG and FlyQuest. Joining them is GamerLegion, who secured their spot after a resilient performance against Passion UA.
Tuesday’s matches at the Major:
04:00 – BIG vs Complexity
07:00 – MIBR vs FlyQuest
10:00 – Wildcard vs Passion UA
