NiP and Grayhound pick up wins over mousesports and Evil Geniuses

Ninjas in Pyjamas took MOUZ down in their DreamHack Masters Malmö opener on Inferno, 16-9, while Grayhound upset Evil Geniuses on Nuke, 16-10.

MOUZ went aggressive down Mid on their CT-side pistol round with both teams getting trade frags on each other before Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong put the round to bed with two headshots inside the A bomb site. Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool downed three on the anti-eco, to make it 2-0. Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg found himself in a 1vs2 on A after planting the bomb, but was only able to take down one of the CTs as Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen went on to get the trade and defuse the bomb.

Entries by Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner and Nicolas "⁠Plopski⁠" Gonzalez Zamora opened up the fourth round for Ninjas in Pyjamas, who planted on a 5vs3 as MOUZ retreated to save, making it 1-3. The Swedes were then able to follow it up with a successful B play. Ninjas in Pyjamas finally took the lead, 5-4, with Plopski leading the charge on the attack, and dominated the half, only giving up the last round for a 10-5 lead at the half.

Ninjas in Pyjamas kept it up on the CT side, winning the pistol round and following it up for a 12-5 lead. The Ninjas started out unrelenting on the CT side, but the tables turned as mouz started to find holes in the defense. karrigan had a big round with an ace to make it 9-14, but a forcebuy by Ninjas in Pyjamas the following round put a wrench in the comeback as the Swedes reached match point, going on to close it out the following round.

A triple by Vincent "⁠Brehze⁠" Cayonte during Evil Geniuses’ T-side pistol round gave the North American side the lead on Nuke. The second round went all the way down to a 2vs2 afterplant situation on B, but with little actual chance to defuse the bombsite the Grayhound players decided to save. Down 0-3, a big four-kill round by Joshua "⁠INS⁠" Potter in the upper site got the Australian team their round on the board. Both teams then traded rounds with Ollie "⁠DickStacy⁠" Tierney winning a crucial 1vs1 clutch against Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov which led to Grayhound taking the lead as Evil Geniuses struggled in the economic game. Despite a late push in the half by EG, it was Grayhound who took the lead at the half, 8-7.

Grayhound increased their lead winning the second pistol round, and started to get on a roll winning against the forcebuy, eco, and the first gun round, going up 12-7. Evil Geniuses started to get a footing on the half as both teams traded rounds back-and-forth, but were unable to stop Grayhound as they inched closer and closer to 16 rounds, eventually closing it out 16-10 to tally their first win in Malmö.