{"id":24769,"date":"2022-10-19T02:36:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T06:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=24769"},"modified":"2022-10-19T02:36:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T06:36:34","slug":"royal-never-give-up-suffer-fourth-straight-loss-at-the-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/royal-never-give-up-suffer-fourth-straight-loss-at-the-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Never Give Up suffer fourth-straight loss at The International"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2028Royal Never Give Up have endured a torrid campaign at The International 2022<\/a>, losing their last eight maps in the tournament’s group stage.\u2028 \u2028<\/p>\n

Despite starting the tournament in top form, the Chinese Dota 2<\/a> team’s last four matches – against PSG.LSD, Hokori, Evil Geniuses and most recently OG – have been poor, to say the least. RNG failed to win a map in all four matches as they were swept by their opponents.\u2028 \u2028<\/p>\n

The consecutive losses caused the team much damage in the T11 event, as RNG were pushed to the event’s lower bracket having finished the group in sixth place. Next up they will face Entity Gaming in the opening round of the main event on October 20, with the Indian esports team slated as the slightest of favorites at $1.85 with GG Bet<\/a>.\u2028 <\/p>\n

Royal Never Give Up are one of several teams to have been hit hard by COVID-19 infections during The International. Lu “Somnus” Yao was initially the only player on the roster that tested positive, but after a second series of tests, it was discovered that Daniel “Ghost” Chan Kok Hong, Yang “Chalice” Shenyi, and Hu “kaka” Liangzhi were also infected.<\/p>\n

Due to this, four players out of the RNG\u2019s five-man lineup had to participate in the group stage in isolation.\u2028 \u2028The negative effect of the split was reflected in the squad\u2019s teamwork and overall performance during the matches.<\/p>\n

RNG\u2019s inability to coordinate led to their consecutive defeats on day three of the group stage.\u2028 \u2028A video of xNova in an almost empty room recently circulated during RNG\u2019s group games with OG. While xNova held down the fort in the official location, the rest of the squad played in an isolated venue.\u2028<\/p>\n