Simone Lim

This weekend saw the 2020 Pokémon Oceania International Championship Finals take place Melbourne, Australia, with supremely skilled trainers taking to the stage to compete for Poké-glory. One of the standout stories from the event was the final match of the Junior division, which you're about to see for yourself.

Seven-year-old Simone Lim has taken the Pokémon community by storm after managing an impressive win over Justin Miranda-Radbord, a top-seed player almost twice her age. The win is particularly spectacular thanks to an impressive read of play; Simone correctly predicted that Justin would Protect his Rhyperior, leaving his Dusclops open to attack. This meant that Simone's last chance - a Tyranitar - could be used to take down both of Justin's remaining Pokémon.

You can see that final moment in the clip below.

If you're interested, you can actually see the entire event in this video, too. If you watch from the 4:53:55 mark, you can check out Simone's adorable victory interview:

A wonderful victory, we're sure you'll agree. Congratulations, Simone!

[source screenrant.com]