T1 Takes Down Gen.G To Secure Masters Bangkok Ticket

T1 has defeated the 2024 Masters Shanghai and Pacific Stage 2 champions, Gen.G, to join DRX in Masters Bangkok as Pacific representatives.

They will now face DRX once again in the Kickoff Grand Final, seeking both revenge and the first seed for Masters Bangkok.

Stax and BuZz from T1 will be making their return to an international event after around one and a half years.

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The first two maps of the series, Pearl and Lotus, were comfortably secured by T1 with identical 13-8 scores. However, Haven was a dominant showing from Gen.G, keeping them alive in the series with a convincing 13-5 victory.

T1 seemed to be on the verge of closing out the series on Split, establishing a commanding 10-3 lead that made it look like the end of the road for Gen.G. However, Gen.G pulled off an incredible comeback, pushing the map into four overtimes before ultimately taking it by 17-15.

The final map, Bind, initially looked like a clean sweep for T1 as they raced to a 9-0 lead. However, Gen.G responded by winning eight of the next nine rounds, closing the gap to 10-8.

Despite the pressure, T1 bounced back and delivered the finishing blow, closing out Bind 13-10 and securing the series 3-2.