BOOT-d[S] upset Gambit; TyLoo defeat Grayhound in Shanghai

IEM Shanghai continued with Group B action as BOOT-d[S] shocked Gambit with a 16-12 victory on Train and TYLOO defeated Grayhound 16-10 on Cache.

The Group B opening match featuring Gambit and BOOT-d[S] kicked off on Train with the Singaporeans on the T-side. Nevin "⁠splashske⁠" Aw and Anthony "⁠ImpressioN⁠" Lim opened up the pistol round as BOOT-d[S] went 1-0 ahead but Gambit hit back in the following round to tie the game.

Abay "⁠HObbit⁠" Khasenov's team led 3-1 before the next weapon round which they lost as Leslie "⁠Bobosaur⁠" Soen got a double kill. BOOT-d[S] reclaimed the lead and got to seven rounds but Gambit finished the first half ahead by taking the last four rounds (8-7).

Things looked much better for the CIS team after they won the pistol and the anti-eco rounds at the start of the second half to make it 11-7. BOOT-d[S] responded with five rounds in a row thanks to their strong defense, leading 12-11.

Gambit then tied the game at 12-12 with Rustem "⁠mou⁠" Telepov's double kill in the 24th round. However, that was the last round they picked up and BOOT-d[S] went on to win the map 16-12, moving on to the winners’ match at IEM Shanghai.

Grayhound and TYLOO squared off in the other opening match in Group B. The game was on Cache where the T-sided Grayhound won the pistol round in a 5vs5 post-plant. After Grayhound cleaned up in the following two rounds, TYLOO secured the first weapon round with a 4vs4 retake on the B-site (3-1).

The back-and-forth half ended with Ollie "⁠DickStacy⁠" Tierney's ace in the 14th round and Kevin "⁠xccurate⁠" Susanto's quad kill in the 15th as TYLOO led 8-7. Ke "⁠captainMo⁠" Liu & company secured the second half pistol round and made it 10-7 following an anti-eco victory.

TYLOO were superior on the T-side and unofficially wrapped things up with a 2vs5 victory in the 23rd round (14-9). Hansel "⁠BnTeT⁠" Ferdinand's team went on to win the map 16-10.