In a close encounter during the opening round of the VCT Masters Tokyo competition, NRG Esports overcame NAVI. In the post-game press conference, Ardis ‘radius’ Svarenieks highlighted the close game. NRG Esports defeated NAVI 2-1 in their VCT Masters Tokyo Group A clash. Pujan “FNS” Mehta and Kyrylo “ANGE1” Karasov, two of the top IGLs, and Ardiis’s former colleagues, were one of the series’ most anticipated matchups before the competition.
Last year, radius and FunPlus Phoenix housed the majority of the NAVI roster. The Valorant team won VCT Masters Copenhagen in 2022 and qualified for every international competition. Ardis and Mehmet “cNed” Pek, who took his seat on NAVI, competed in the advertised Tokyo series. After defeating NAVI, Ardiis said in a post-game press conference that it felt nice to beat his former comrades.If we fell short, it would hurt a lot more. It’s a win for free. He laughed, “I don’t know what else to say.
In the group stage of Masters Tokyo, NRG advances to the championship game
The NRG player admitted that he did not have the best series individually and that his replacement outperformed him on the opening map when questioned particularly about his performance. “I believe cNed slightly cheated me on Ascent, but despite that, we still prevailed. Even when I don’t play well, we triumph.” Therefore, maybe, when I play well, we will win even more quickly,” remarked Ardiis.
At 55 kills each, Ardiis and cNed are tied for first place overall in the series. Although Ardiis was given a supporting position on the second map and could not continue fragging, the NAVI Duelist did win with more robust first-kill statistics. In the whole VCT competition, this was only the two teams’ second meeting. In 2022 at Masters Copenhagen, the key players of NRG and NAVI faced off against one another while playing for OpTic Gaming and FunPlus Phoenix, respectively. The European team won the series that day 3-1, eliminating FNS and his group from the competition.
Later in the tournament, the two teams might compete in a third game to determine their head-to-head record. But for now, NRG will face T1 in the winners’ matchup, and NAVI will compete against Edward Gaming in an elimination clash for their tournament life.
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