Capcom Pro Tour Update: Results for Saigon Cup 2015 and The Fall Classic 2015
Over the weekend, two Ultra Street Fighter 4 ranking tournaments for the Capcom Pro Tour (CPT) were held at opposite ends of the world.
The Fall Classic (TFC) 2015 was held over at Raleigh, North Carolina while Vietnam played host to the Saigon Cup 2015 at Ho Chi Minh. Here’s a quick overview of want went down.
The Fall Classic 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bCM4FKCXiE
Grand finals match was between Red Bull’s newly acquired player Darryl “Snake Eyez” Lewis and his Zangief taking on one of the best Guile Players in America, YOMI Gaming’s Kevin “Dieminion” Landon.
After losing the first game, Snake Eyez managed to rally together and win the next three. Among the victories included a very convincing comeback with Siberian Blizzard during game two. Resetting the bracket, he would go on to sweep Dieminion in the second set to win the championship.
This puts Snake Eyez at the tenth spot for the CPT rankings. This makes him the current highest ranked player in America for the 2015 season. The win also helped further secure him a spot at the Capcom Cup invitational at the end of the year.
Final Results
1. RB|Snake Eyez (Zangief)
2. YOMI|Dieminion (Guile)
3. BOTB|Tampa Bison (M.Bison)
4. EG|Ricki Ortiz (Elena, Rufus, Chun-Li)
5. WFX|801 Strider (Abel)
5. BCW|brenttiscool (Rufus)
7. PIE|Smug (Dudley)
7. EG|K-BRAD (Cammy)
9. LU|Alex Valle (Hugo)
9. Tempo|NYChrisG (Sakura)
9. Liquid|Nuckledu (Decapre, Guile)
9. STVG|Flocker (Cammy)
13. F3|Alucard (Hugo, Balrog)
13. YOMI|ShinPhoenix (Vega)
13. YOMI|Joel (Ryu)
13. Damdai (Decapre)
Saigon Cup 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYtqH1TS8gY
In Vietnam, grand finals came down to Fei Long user, Razer’s Gim Khee “Gackt” Eng from Singapore and Evil Ryu player, Qanba Douyu’s Zhuojun”Xiao Hai” Zeng from China.
Gackt started off strong and swept Xiao Hai during the first set to reset the bracket. Their second set started off with a convincing win now from Xiao Hai. It was evident after the first match that the Chinese player was able to make the proper adjustments and adapt to Gackt’s play style.
The final set resulted in a 3 – 1 score in favor of Xiaohai, earning him the championship.
Final Results
1. QANBA.DouYuTV|Xiao Hai (Evil Ryu, Sagat, Cammy)
2. RZR|Gackt (Fei Long, Ryu)
3. Jiewa (Ken)
4. TONPY (C.Viper)
5. Gonzalez (Seth)
5. CCG|Humanbomb (Sakura)
7. YBK|Shiro (Abel)
7. KOK (Sagat)
9. Chuan (Guile)
9. SiLG|Stanick (Cammy)
9. Itazan (Zangief)
9. DouYuTV|God of Sky (Vega, Elena, Decapre)
13. Shuan (Guy)
13. UtraBram (Rolento)
13. CK-VNZ (Evil Ryu, Ibuki)
13. Tuan Mario (Adon)
Credits to fohstick a and USF4 RBK for the videos
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