The shocker came earlier this morning, when the top two seeds went head-to-head in the quarter-finals. HopeStar, who displayed fine performance in several CEG tours last year, defeated Sky by the score of 2-1.

As players who have already participated in one pre-qualifier is forbidden to take part in any other pre-qualifiers, Sky has no chance to qualify for the ESWC Grand Final through ESWC China Finals.

However, he still has his hope to take part in the Grand Final on via the special event, ESWC Masters. As long as the two times WCG title holder is invited to ESWC Masters and becomes one of the top three finalists, he will be granted an berth to the ESWC Grand Final which will take place from August 25 to August 27.

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