Na`Vi and North secure Inferno wins at DH Masters Malmö

In the second Group B opening match, Virtus.pro took on Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko' Natus Vincere on Inferno. The CIS team had a strong start on the T-side, winning the pistol and following two rounds.

Virtus.pro won the first weapon round without losing a player but Natus Vincere replied with four rounds in a row to lead 7-1. Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev & company led 11-4 at halftime after Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev clutched a 1vs2 in the last round of the half.

Zeus returned to Natus Vincere with a win

s1mple started his team's CT-side campaign with three opening kills in the pistol round (12-4). Natus Vincere weren't troubled by Virtus.pro's consecutive force buys and managed to win the game 16-4.

Natus Vincere will face Astralis in the winners' match of Group B while Virtus.pro fight for their tournament lives against Renegades.

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Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	15 - 19	-4	84.5	55.0%	0.81
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	12 - 17	-5	64.7	55.0%	0.68
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	7 - 15	-8	50.4	70.0%	0.65
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	10 - 17	-7	54.8	70.0%	0.63
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	7 - 16	-9	59.5	50.0%	0.58

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple	21 - 9	+12	96.7	90.0%	1.83
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	22 - 9	+13	89.5	80.0%	1.62
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	15 - 10	+5	86.3	90.0%	1.42
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	15 - 10	+5	80.8	85.0%	1.30
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	11 - 13	-2	70.5	80.0%	1.16

Cloud9 and North—two Group A teams—also met on Inferno. Cloud9 took the first three rounds on the CT-side but Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså's 1vs3 clutch in the first weapon round stopped Cloud9's streak.

Despite getting reset a round later, North won four rounds in a row to take the lead (5-4). Cloud9 stopeed North finished the first half with a 9-6 lead with Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik's noteworthy performance.

Cloud9 weren't impressive on their T-side and North ran away with the game, winning it 16-10. With this result, North will go up against SK in the Group A winners' match. Cloud9, on the other hand, will face BOOT-d[S] in an elimination match.

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Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	31 - 22	+9	112.7	92.3%	1.57
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	14 - 19	-5	72.7	76.9%	1.03
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	14 - 20	-6	61.5	69.2%	0.82
William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH	13 - 17	-4	56.2	61.5%	0.81
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	12 - 20	-8	40.5	65.4%	0.66

North	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	30 - 17	+13	121.3	84.6%	1.83
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	23 - 16	+7	75.8	84.6%	1.27
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	17 - 17	0	74.9	80.8%	1.12
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	19 - 17	+2	70.3	73.1%	1.11
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	9 - 17	-8	49.9	69.2%	0.79

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