Dota 2 TI 11 playoffs recap: Secret and Tundra dominate on Day 3 as OG and Liquid continue their run

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This year's Dota 2 The International (TI) continues to showcase excellent matches with teams and players putting everything on the line to continue their run at one of the biggest esports events of the calendar year. Day 3 of the playoffs concluded with dominant performances in the upper bracket, while two more teams were eliminated after putting up valiant fights.

Day 2 saw OG and Liquid both lose their upper bracket round one matches against Tundra Esports and Aster respectively. In the lower bracket, beastcoast dashed the hopes and dreams of EG by eliminating them 2-0, while PSG.LGD saw off BOOM Esports in a dominating fashion.

The results for today's matches are as follows:

The first match of the upper bracket round two saw Thunder Awaken clash against Team Secret. Both Dota 2 games were lengthy affairs, with each clocking over the 40-minute mark. Fans were treated to Puppey playing Silencer in game two as the veteran guided his team to a 2-0 victory.

The next match had Tundra Esports and Team Aster looking to continue their stay in the upper bracket. The first game went back and forth for a while, with Tundra's Doom causing enough problems for Aster's Slark in the early stages. Tundra Esports was able to close the first bout with a 49k gold lead and later the series by a 2-0 margin.

The match between OG and Gaimin Gladiators was an excellent display of Dota 2 teamplay, with GG almost coming away with a win in the third game. The first game had OG.bzm on Invovker and OG.Yuragi on Monkey King. The two were able to tilt the match in their team's favor.

Although game two was a lengthy but close affair, Gaimin Gladiators' Primal Beast played a decisive role in the team managing to equalize the series. Game three saw the return