PHOENIX-- The three-time WNBA Champ Phoenix Mercury made a spot in an additional win-or-go-home single-elimination showdown, this time a Round 2 tilt versus the Seattle Storm this Sunday, September 26 at NOON Phoenix metro time on ABC in Everett, Wash. Phoenix gained the second-round berth through a 83-82 win over the New York Liberty in Round 1 of the 2021 WNBA Championship tonight at GCU boosted to 8-2 in single-elimination playoff games given that the league changed its postseason style in 2016. In Round 2 of the 2021 WNBA Championship, the fifth-seeded Mercury and fourth-seeded Tornado meet, while the sixth-seeded Chicago Sky will certainly take on the third-seeded Minnesota Lynx. The winners of these games will certainly progress to play in the best-of-five semifinals against either top-seeded Connecticut or second-seeded Las won the routine period series over the Mercury this season, 2-1, with the home group coming away win a win in each competition. With a win on Sunday, the Mercury would make its 7th appearance in the WNBA Semifinals in the last nine periods Kahleah Copper Jersey. 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medalists Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner and Skylar Diggins-Smith return to Phoenix az this summer season, as the triad tries to lead the Mercury to a WNBA-record linking fourth championship in 2021.