Yi-Jing sweep Squishy Cheeks to reach the upper final

Two maps. No reply. Yi-Jing closed out Squishy Cheeks 2-0 in the upper semifinals and never gave the series room to turn.

Clean and clinical

This is the form you want heading into the back end of a bracket. Yi-Jing handled Squishy Cheeks across both maps without letting the series slip into a decider. The 2-0 says control. No third map, no scramble, no margin for Squishy Cheeks to find a foothold.

The Grassroots Esports 2026 Regional Finals are deep into playoffs now, and the upper bracket is where you want to be. Yi-Jing made sure they stayed there.

What it means

Winning here keeps Yi-Jing in the upper half of the bracket and out of elimination math for now. Squishy Cheeks fall to the lower side, where the run gets harder and the room for error disappears.

Yi-Jing move on to the upper final. On this showing, they will be a problem for whoever is waiting.