Team Resilience extended its winning run to five matches with a 2-0 victory over Zenith in the BLAST Slam China Closed Qualifier season 9 quarter-finals on Friday 16 October. The Chinese roster completed the best-of-three in two games and booked a Saturday meeting with Team Tidebound. The qualifier began on 15 October and is due to finish on 18 October.

The opening game lasted 25 minutes, while the second lasted 44. Resilience won both games to complete the sweep. The match was the second quarter-final of the closed qualifier playoffs.

Team Resilience Extend Winning Run to Five

The result gave Resilience a fifth successive victory. Their run through the DreamLeague China Closed Qualifier for season 30 included a 2-0 win over Imperial Power, a 2-1 win over Cloud Rising and two wins over Yakult Brothers, first 2-1 and then 3-0.

Yakult Brothers had been Resilience’s most recent opponent to beat them, taking a 2-1 result at the previous BLAST Slam China Closed Qualifier. The teams are both still in the current bracket, leaving open the possibility of another meeting later in the event.

Resilience entered Friday ranked 22nd in the Elo power rankings, with a rating of 1765 and a 22-10 record across 32 rated matches. Zenith were unranked. The source characterized Resilience as the stronger team on paper before the quarter-final.

Zenith Could Not Force a Third Game

Zenith arrived after a mixed DreamLeague China Closed Qualifier campaign. The team had wins over The goal of all life is death, Cloud Rising and Cloud Dawning, but its campaign ended with a 2-0 loss to Yakult Brothers. The loss to Resilience was Zenith’s second defeat in a row.

The opening game ended quickly, but Zenith kept the second game going longer before Resilience secured the series. The 2-0 result meant the best-of-three ended without a deciding third game. Resilience moved on with the tournament still underway.

The match report records the 2-0 win over Zenith and the two game durations. It also identifies the next scheduled match for Resilience as a quarter-final against Team Tidebound.

Team Tidebound Is Next

Resilience are scheduled to face Team Tidebound on Saturday 17 October. A win would extend their sequence to six consecutive victories, while the qualifier is due to conclude on 18 October.

Two other quarter-finals also produced advancing teams. Xtreme Gaming beat Cloud Dawning 2-0 in Quarterfinal 3, and Yakult Brothers beat Novus Gaming 2-0 in Quarterfinal 4. Yakult Brothers’ progress keeps the team that last beat Resilience in this competition in contention, although a possible rematch would depend on later bracket results.

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