Paper Rex rebounds, eliminates All Gamers in 2-1 fashion

In the second elimination match of the Masters Santiago lower round quarterfinals, Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes f0rsakeN Jason Susanto something Ilya Petrov defeated All Gamers All Gamers China Rank #6 Shr1mp Yang Yong (杨勇) K1ra Huang Zhihao (黄志豪) f4ngeer Roman Smirnov iamgrq Gao Ruiqi (高锐琦) 2-1. The result favored the experienced team, but All Gamers put up a fight and surprised many fans by reaching the lower quarterfinals.

Starting on Corrode, both teams ran double-Controller comps with a Sentinel and single Duelist, with AG running Chamber and Neon while Paper Rex ran Vyse and Waylay. All Gamers won the first pistol, converted the bonus, and took advantage of a shaken PRX to take an early lead. Even with PRX earning some round wins to make the half look better, AG still entered halftime up 9-3.

Paper Rex won the second pistol to start the hopes of a comeback on Corrode, and also converted the bonus to narrow the lead to only three rounds. Paper Rex looked reinvigorated until AG secured a big eco to go up 10-8. Paper Rex reached 10-10 with a great round from invy , but f4ngeer kept AG ahead late into the map. Shr1mp was the closer for AG, reaching map point and winning Corrode 13-10 to take a lead against the Masters Toronto champs.

Moving to Pearl, AG ran double-Duelist with Neon and Yoru while Paper Rex ran a similar comp with different agents around them, including Vyse and Sova instead of the AG variation of Killjoy and Fade. Paper Rex earned the first pistol, but failed to convert the bonus. Moving to Yoru, f4ngeer played aggressively on the defensive side to start Pearl, fighting tooth and nail for every round. Both teams reached the half with six rounds, meaning that Paper Rex needed to step up to keep the teams' Masters Santiago hopes alive.

Paper Rex took the second pistol to form a second-half lead and converted the bonus to go up by three. AG struggled on the attack side, only reaching an attacking round win on round 18. Paper Rex closed out Pearl 13-7 to take the series to Split.

Split began with AG running double-Duelist with Raze and Waylay, as Paper Rex opted for Raze and Yoru instead. AG started the map with another pistol win, but was unable to convert the bonus round. Paper Rex took the lead as Jinggg started to heat up on Raze, and AG was struggling heavily to adapt to one of Paper Rex's best maps. AG had to rely on the curse to stay alive at Santiago, down 9-3.

AG started the second half with a pistol win, but fully misread the opposing stack to lose the antieco afterward. The comeback ended as fast as it began, with Paper Rex comfortably ending the map 13-4 and finishing the series 2-1.

With this win, Paper Rex will face G2 Esports in the lower bracket semifinal, while All Gamers are eliminated from Santiago in 5th-6th place.