PUTRAJAYA: Fnatic Onic Philippines (FNOP) became the first team to reach the Grand Finals of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) M6 World Championship after defeating Team Liquid Indonesia 3-1 in the upper bracket final on Wednesday.
FNOP were the favourites heading into the match and lived up to their billing at the IOI Grand Exhibition and Convention Centre.
Both teams had met in the first round of the Swiss stage, and the Filipinos easily won the best-of-one contest.
In the best-of-five format yesterday, FNOP won the first game but the Indonesians fought back in Game Two to level the scores at 1-1. However, FNOP won the next two games.
"We are very confident of getting this win but not too confident. We understand that anyone can beat us. So it is about staying grounded and making sure we do what we practise and the game just comes to us," said FNOP's coach Anthony 'Ynot' Senederin.
Team Liquid dropped to the lower bracket final and await the winners of the match between Selangor Red Giants and Russia's Team Spirit in the battle for the last Grand Final spot.