The Home Ground action continued into the semifinals with two more best-of-one series. With high stakes and only one map to show up, NRG NRG North America Rank #1 keiko Georgio Sanassy brawk Brock Somerhalder mada Adam Pampuch skuba Logan Jenkins Ethan Ethan Arnold and ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #9 SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe eKo Yeom Wang-ryong (염왕룡) Xdll Yuto Mizomori Absol Kazuki Fujinoki stand-in HoneyBunny Fumiya Tanimatsu stand-in continued their upper-bracket run against Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #3 N4RRATE Marshall Massey Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid Kyu Mirel Braco Hrustemovic cortezia Gabriel Cortez and FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #1 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Veqaj Sylvain Pattyn Alfajer Emir Ali Beder .

NRG vs. Sentinels (13-11 NRG)

NRG entered the series in control, only forfeiting the pistol and two more rounds on Pearl as it racked up round after round. Come halftime, NRG led by four as Sentinels prepared to recover from an 8-4 deficit.

Even after its opponents stole away the pistol courtesy of a 1v3 from brawk , Sentinels remained vigilant and composed, taking away four rounds of its own. NRG answered back with a single round to cement an 11-8 scoreline, but were unable to stave off what looked like a comeback from SEN City.

In the end, it was keiko that gifted NRG the two openers that helped it convert a 12-11 lead into a victory. The battle of the Waylays ended up with mada 's squad advancing to the upper finals tomorrow against ZETA, as N4RRATE and company will battle against the winner of G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Rank #2 jawgemo Alexander Mor BABYBAY Andrej Francisty trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio leaf Nathan Orf and Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #8 Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong Zellsis Jordan Montemurro penny Erik Penny OXY Francis Hoang .

FNATIC vs. ZETA DIVISION (1-13 ZETA)

ZETA continued their Cinderella run by steamrolling FNATIC on Bind after amassing an early 8-0 lead. Fans eagerly anticipating another 1-11 comeback were left to the dregs of their imagination as ZETA crushed any hopes of recovery.

Top performers eKo and Absol put up masterclasses on Waylay and Raze, both ending the map positive across the board. Alfajer and kaajak , who looked comfortable against Cloud9 an hour earlier, were unable to keep up with ZETA, the latter going 0-4 in first interactions.

Every 1v1 scenario ended in a ZETA win as each and every player was also able to attain a multikill at some point across the map. While all ZETA players ended Bind above a 1.10 rating, only crashies was able to scrape by with a 1.01, Boaster only managing to attain a 0.17 with a 3-14 K/D.

ZETA will now have to prove itself in a three-map series against NRG tomorrow should it wish to advance to Sunday's grand finals.