Sentinels Crowned Winners After a Historic Masters Madrid Final

VCT Masters Madrid has concluded, and Sentinels have been crowned the champions after an exhilarating Grand Final against Gen.G. The final was historic in many ways—Sentinels and TenZ secured their first international title in three years, while also becoming the only team and player, respectively, to win two Masters.

Additionally, Sacy is now the only player to have won both Masters and Champions titles. Moreover, Gen.G was the first Korean team to reach the Grand Final of a Valorant international event.

Gen.G came to the stage with a map pool advantage and were favored to win the title. They were looking unstoppable in the first three maps—Breeze, Bind, and Ascent, with Sentinels struggling to secure a win even on their map pick, Bind. However, experience and nerves can change everything, and that's precisely what happened.

Sentinels gained momentum on Split, causing Gen.G to falter. Sentinels won the map and carried that momentum into Icebox, securing a victory with a significant margin of seven rounds on one of Gen.G's strongest maps to lift the trophy.