FURIA and Liquid recover in Shanghai after horrible start

After losing their opening-round matchups, FURIA and Liquid have found their footing at the Americas RMR in Shanghai, both now standing strong with a 2-1 record in the Swiss stage.

This Tuesday morning, the region’s two top seeds secured dominant victories. Here we saw FURIA overwhelm BOSS with a dominant 13-1 scoreline, which Liquid followed up by besting BESTIA 13-4.

The two teams are now just one best-of-three series away from qualifying for the Perfect World Shanghai Major later this month.

Today’s results at the Americas RMR:

• paiN vs Imperial:

   13-5

• Liquid vs BESTIA:

   13-4

• Legacy vs M80:

   5-13

• FURIA vs BOSS:

   13-1

Upcoming Matches Today

 (CET):

• 07:00 – Wildcard vs 9z (qualification match)

• 07:00 – KRÜ vs Nouns (elimination match)

• 10:00 – Complexity vs MIBR (qualification match)

• 10:00 – RED Canids vs Case (elimination match)

Americas RMR Standings:

1. 9z — 2-0

2. MIBR — 2-0

3. Complexity — 2-0

4. Wildcard — 2-0

5. FURIA — 2-1

6. Liquid — 2-1

7. paiN — 2-1

8. M80 — 2-1

9. Imperial — 1-2

10. BESTIA — 1-2

11. BOSS — 1-2

12. Legacy — 1-2

13. RED Canids — 0-2

14. Nouns — 0-2

15. Case — 0-2

16. KRÜ — 0-2