ESL Challenger League Season 51 Asia-Pacific Cup 4 Day 2: Recap

The second day at the ESL Challenger League Season 51 Asia-Pacific Cup 4 saw a couple of teams head home including Arise, which consisted of the only two Indian players in the tournament. While four teams were eliminated, teams also moved ahead in the upper bracket.

If you missed the action, here's a quick recap of ESL Challenger League Season 51 Asia-Pacific Cup 4 day 2.

TYLOO picks up controversial win against Alter Ego; Chinggis Warriors fight past Just Swing

The upper bracket quarter-finals saw TYLOO go up against the promising mixed squad of Alter Ego but it was the Chinese team with two dominant map wins to close the series early. On Alter Ego's pick of Mirage, it was a 13-5 win for TYLOO before an even more dominant 13-1 win on their pick of Nuke to close out the series. Following the completion of the game, Alter Ego's Polbandana and PokemoN accused TYLOO of manipulating their ping to their advantage and putting Alter Ego at a disadvantage.

Chinggis Warriors faced Just Swing in their upper bracket quarter-final and after Just Swing forfeited the opening map due to not being ready, they hit hard on Nuke with a 10-2 start on their opponent's map pick. A strong CT side from Chinggis Warriors saw them fight back but it was Just Swing holding on for a 13-11 win. On the decider on Inferno, it was the story of two strong CT sides which saw the map head to overtime. Chinggis Warriors once again came out on top at the end, walking away with a 16-14 win to take the series 2-1.

NEXVOID sees off Kaleido

Mongolian team NEXVOID took on Chinese squad Kaleido in their upper bracket quarter-final with NEXVOID starting the series with a 13-10 win on their opponent's pick of Dust2. Kaleido answered back with a similar score on Overpass, as their 13-10 win pushed the series to a decider. On Inferno, it was NEXVOID's early T side dominance helping them see off a late comeback attempt from Kaleido to lock in a 13-10 win.

In the lower bracket, the Mongolian derby between The QUBE and Sensation saw Sensation forfeit their match due to not being able to field a full lineup.

Rare Atom, BORING PLAYERS fight on

Rare Atom were fighting for surivival in the lower bracket against Pakistani team Legion and after a forfeit on the opening map, it was a dominant T side on Dust2 that helped Rare Atom secure a big 13-2 win to stay alive in the cup at the expense of Legion.

On the other side of the bracket in the lower bracket, BORING PLAYERS went up against Haunted House with a 13-10 win for BORING PLAYERS getting the series going on Ancient. On the Uzebikstani team's pick of Nuke, it was complete domination as a 13-4 win saw them pick up a 2-0 win and keep themselves alive in the lower bracket.

Arise eliminated after overtime affair

The final game of the day saw Bhavi and Ph1NNN's Arise go up against Last Bullet in the lower bracket. Arise's T-side woes continued as a sloppy start on their pick of Dust2 saw the Chinese team run away with a 13-7 win before an overtime marathon on Mirage. It took four overtimes and despite 40+ kills from borosto and Ph1NNN, Arise went down 22-25 which saw them exit the tournament in last place.

The Huns were scheduled to play BMZ in their upper bracket matchup but BMZ forfeited the match due to scheduling conflicts.