Tundra is excited to officially reveal their new player, Martin “Saksa” Sazdov who will complete the Dota 2 roster.
Prior to joining Tundra Saksa competed with Ninjas in Pyjamas and OG. He also held a coaching role for Ukrainian organisation, HellRaisers, in 2017.
· Jingjun “Sneyking” Wu will move to position 5 and into the role of Team Captain
· The complete Tundra Dota 2 roster is as follows:
o Oliver “Skiter” Lepko
o Leon “Nine” Kirilin
o Neta “33” Shapira
o Martin “Saksa” Sazdov
o Jingjun “Sneyking” Wu – (Team Captain)
o Kurtis “Aui_2000” Ling (Team Coach)
Anthony Graham, Co-Founder and Esports and Operations Director on signing Saksa: “We are very excited to welcome Saksa. He has already made a strong connection with the team which we believe is vital for performance. Ultimately our goal is to make it to The International and that will only happen with team synergy. Saksa brings a wealth of experience to the team and we’re hoping he can take us to the next level.”
On the finalised roster: “We are very aware of the community’s response, especially in regards to the long-term contracts we have in place. We still believe that this offers more consistency and stability for our players that isn’t the norm in esports. And as we grow as an organisation, we will continue to refine how we work with our players to try and ensure they feel supported while also looking at how we can achieve better results.”
Martin “Saksa” Sazdov, Team Captain said: “All of my teammates are really amazing and I think we can achieve great things together. In the short term I will be trying to understand how everything works in the team and getting used to how everyone communicates. I’m hoping to see all the practice we put in achieve good results and hopefully maybe one day win TI.”
