Xipto Esports survives KRÜ Blaze in a reverse sweep

Camille "Kamiyu" Enriquez' of Xipto Esports competes onstage at the 2024 VALORANT Game Changers Championship Knockouts stage in Berlin, Germany on November 14, 2024. Jian Chen, Riot GamesMANILA -- Xipto Esports keeps their 2024 Valorant Game Changers Championship Berlin dreams alive after overcoming Latin American squad KRÜ Blaze in a 2-1 reverse sweep.

After being dismantled in their map pick and nearly going home without a map win, the last Asian squad in the tournament made a comeback and edged out their opponents in the decider. 

The win slightly contrasts the first meeting of the two teams in the 2023 Game Changers Championship in Sao Paulo, Brazil in the same lower bracket round, with Xipto, then under the Team SMG banner, destroying KRU, 2-0.

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In Haven, KRU dominated the map, leaving the Filipino-Indonesian squad with only a handful of rounds and initially lead the series with 13-6.

Abyss looked like a done deal for KRU as they won seven straight rounds in their map pick and ended the first half at 8-4. 

With their backs against the wall, Xipto retaliated with their own seven round streak to take the lead. 

KRU took two more rounds to break the streak but Xipto closed out the map at 13-9 with two more wins, including a 3-kill from Alexy "Alexy" Francisco to tie the series. 

In the decider map Pearl, the tables have turned as the Pacific squad took the lead at the end of the first half, 8-4.

Despite KRU nearly mounting a comeback by tying the score at 9-9, Xipto rebuffed the LATAM contenders and ended the map and series at 13-10 with a four-round streak, thanks to Filipina initiator Camille "Kamiyu" Enriquez's standout performance on Fade.

Kamiyu shined throughout the series, racking up 59 kills, 43 deaths, and 30 assists to complete the reverse sweep for her team.

Xipto's win once again eliminates KRU from the tournament and moves on to face Brazil's MIBR, with hopes of surpassing their top finish in 2023. 

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