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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1733641453157Screenshot_2024-12-05-17-10-20-814_com.google.android.youtube.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Alexandre &quot;AK&quot; Laverez during the Tekken World Tour 2024 Global Finals group stage in Tokyo, Japan on December 5, 2024. <em>Screenshot from Bandai Namco Esports</em></span></span></span></div><p>Despite another hard-fought journey through the Last Chance Qualifiers, Pinoy Tekken prodigy Alexandre &quot;AK&quot; Laverez ended his campaign in the Tekken World Tour 2024 Global Finals after falling in the lower bracket semifinals.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/esports/2024/12/5/tekken-world-tour-ak-falls-in-group-stage-to-continue-run-in-last-chance-qualifier-1745">READ: AK falls in group stage, to continue run in Last Chance Qualifier</a></div><p>During the 2023 LCQ, the last edition of the tournament playing Tekken 7, AK reached the grand finals but <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/01/13/24/tekken-world-tour-ak-falls-short-of-qualifying-for-main-event">lost in a bracket reset</a> to USA&#x27;s Joe &quot;JoeCrush&quot; Olveda.</p><p>Only the grand finals winner of the LCQ moved on to the top sixteen at the time, while this year the two players who reached the grand finals proceeds to the top sixteen.</p><p>After losing in the top eight winners bracket against South Korea&#x27;s Lee &quot;EDGE&quot; Ju-hyung of T1, AK dropped Team Vitality&#x27;s Jeon &quot;JeonDDing&quot; Sang-hyun in the losers&#x27; quarterfinals before conceding to Kwandong Freecs&#x27; Han &quot;Mulgold&quot; Jae-gyun in the semifinals.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1865340164903780808&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring&amp;sessionId=7dc6abed4d3bf1a17af2be05511b5f08ba5531b6&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:675px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1865340164903780808"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>Prior to the top 8, the Shaheen main bested more than five hundred contenders in the LCQ consistently in the winners&#x27; side of the brackets and defeating notable players such as Karmine Corp&#x27;s Kim &quot;JDCR&quot; Hyun-jin, DRX&#x27;s Park &quot;Infested&quot; Byung-ho, and TeamYAMASA&#x27;s Daichi &quot;Nobi&quot; Nakayama.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1865332064972894395&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring&amp;sessionId=7dc6abed4d3bf1a17af2be05511b5f08ba5531b6&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:651px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1865332064972894395"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>In a Facebook post, AK thanked those who supported him throughout the LCQ. &quot;Salamat sa dami ng pusong binigay nyo, 4th out of 576 players tayo.&quot;</p><p>2024 was still a good year for AK, placing high in the global leaderboard prior to the global finals thanks to his performance in Combo Breaker and a new sponsorship with Natus Vincere.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/esports/2024/12/5/ak-among-top-contenders-in-tekken-world-tour-2024-global-finals-1255">READ: AK among top contenders in Tekken World Tour 2024 Global Finals</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/5/27/tekken-ak-defeats-arslan-ash-for-combo-breaker-2024-title-1333">READ: AK defeats Arslan Ash for Combo Breaker 2024 title</a></div>

<p>Despite another hard-fought journey through the Last Chance Qualifiers, Pinoy Tekken prodigy Alexandre "AK" Laverez ends his campaign in the Tekken World Tour 2024 Global Finals after falling in the lower bracket semifinals.</p>

Despite another hard-fought journey through the Last Chance Qualifiers, Pinoy Tekken prodigy Alexandre "AK" Laverez ends his campaign in the Tekken World Tour 2024 Global Finals after falling in the lower bracket semifinals.

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