Liquid go 2-0 after defeating HellRaisers

Methodical play from Liquid gave the American team a 16-9 victory on Inferno against HellRaisers for a 2-0 run in London after their first two rounds.

HellRaisers started winning the pistol round on Inferno against Liquid, with the North American side then trying to forcebuy two rounds in a row. Not able to buy guns the fourth round, HellRaisers cleared the way to a 4-0, but an ace by Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski on B stopped HellRaisers on their tracks in the first gun round of the match. Methodical play from Liquid quickly evened the match out, 4-4, as the American squad took control of the economic game over HellRaisers.

From there on out it became a one-sided affair as Liquid only gave up one more round before the half, winning round after round with Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo, Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken, and Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic putting up great numbers before the half came to a close, 10-5.

Twistzz & co. go 2-0 in London after defeating HellRaisers

The second pistol round also went the way of HellRaisers as Kyrylo "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow and Issa "⁠ISSAA⁠" Murad tallied doubles to stay in the game and cut the distance with Liquid. The first gun round kicked off with 10-8 on the board for the American side, and a great double entry by Twistzz on B made HellRaisers call for the save early in the round, making it 11-8. The following round then came out to the line as TACO was able to clutch a 1vs1 against Bence "⁠DeadFox⁠" Böröcz to keep his team rolling towards victory.

With the economic advantage on their side, Liquid were able to keep exploiting HellRaisers for a 13-9 lead after a couple of close rounds. HellRaisers were finally able to stop Liquid's attack for once, but were instantly reset, and down 9-15 were unable to stop the American team from executing on A and taking the map, 16-9.

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Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	22 - 15	+7	94.8	80.0%	1.47
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	21 - 13	+8	81.7	84.0%	1.31
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	19 - 12	+7	77.3	68.0%	1.29
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	18 - 13	+5	66.6	76.0%	1.16
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	12 - 10	+2	55.3	80.0%	1.03

HellRaisers	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Issa 'ISSAA' MuradISSAA	20 - 16	+4	76.8	72.0%	1.14
Kyrylo 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	17 - 21	-4	77.2	60.0%	0.89
Bence 'DeadFox' BöröczDeadFox	7 - 19	-12	57.2	68.0%	0.74
Özgür 'woxic' Ekerwoxic	11 - 18	-7	45.9	48.0%	0.69
Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik	8 - 18	-10	41.4	60.0%	0.59

The standings in London currently look as follows:

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Liquid

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Vega Squadron

1W - 0L

Astralis

Rogue

1W - 1L

BIG

TYLOO

HellRaisers

0W - 1L

Gambit

North

Spirit

Space Soldiers

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