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.
K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 | |
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20 - 22 | -2 | 81.0 | 1.17 | |
23 - 20 | +3 | 71.8 | 1.03 | |
19 - 20 | -1 | 73.1 | 0.92 | |
13 - 24 | -11 | 62.0 | 0.85 | |
13 - 20 | -7 | 54.5 | 0.67 |
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K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
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28 - 16 | +12 | 98.8 | 1.45 | |
23 - 16 | +7 | 99.3 | 1.29 | |
21 - 17 | +4 | 78.1 | 1.14 | |
15 - 16 | -1 | 52.4 | 1.02 | |
19 - 23 | -4 | 79.2 | 1.01 |
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.
K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 | |
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19 - 20 | -1 | 92.9 | 1.24 | |
17 - 18 | -1 | 71.9 | 1.02 | |
18 - 22 | -4 | 85.5 | 0.94 | |
18 - 22 | -4 | 63.7 | 0.83 | |
12 - 23 | -11 | 58.0 | 0.57 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 | |
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22 - 18 | +4 | 105.9 | 1.41 | |
24 - 16 | +8 | 87.2 | 1.32 | |
23 - 15 | +8 | 84.6 | 1.29 | |
22 - 17 | +5 | 80.9 | 1.24 | |
14 - 18 | -4 | 56.4 | 0.89 |