Grayhound eliminate Liquid from DreamHack Masters Malmö

Grayhound managed a 2-0 victory over Liquid, stopping the North American's streak on Mirage and handing them their first group stage exit since adding Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip.

Grayhound kicked off with a CT pistol round win on Mirage, but no momentum was built as Liquid replied with a force buy which Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken and Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic won in a 2v2. The Australians managed their second soon, but Liquid then started dominating, chaining nine rounds together. Finally, Joshua "⁠INS⁠" Potter stepped up with a triple on the A defense to help his side to their third round.

The final round of the half and the second pistol went Grayhound's way, and what seemed like just a couple of rounds to the board before an inevitable defeat turned into a comeback attempt. Things started getting serious when Christopher "⁠dexter⁠" Nong clutched out a 1v3 on B to give Grayhound their sixth in a row, with Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella and co. only able to get their first CT round as the score was 13-11. As Grayhound swept the next round and Simon "⁠Sico⁠" Williams came up big in a 1v3 clutch, the Australians took the lead and sealed the deal on Mirage with a win in a 3v5, breaking Liquid's 15-map winning streak on Mirage.

dexter and co. pulled off a historic upset over the world's #1

On the second map, Nuke, Grayhound won the Terrorist pistol but once again lost to the force-buy, seeing Liquid take the early 3-1 lead. The Australians didn't give up, though, equalizing the score at 3-3 before dropping a round to a couple of saved guns on Liquid. The North American side still struggled to establish themselves as dexter and co. kept on the pressure and made it into the lower bombsite repeatedly.

Liquid managed to get back into it thanks to Stewie2K and NAF, picking up the last two CT rounds and then the T pistol and followups, as well as a 10-8 lead. However, with rifles, Grayhound looked like the dominant team, chaining eight rounds together to close out the map 16-10, eliminating Liquid from the tournament.

DreamHack Masters Malmö 2019Best of 3 LiquidMatchpage 0 2 3rd October 2019 Grayhound 13Mirage 16 10Nuke 16

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	46 - 35	+11	93.9	1.22
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	42 - 38	+4	78.7	1.07
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	33 - 40	-7	69.9	0.91
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	30 - 39	-9	69.7	0.86
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	32 - 43	-11	72.7	0.83

Grayhound	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Liam 'malta' Schembrimalta	48 - 32	+16	89.9	1.30
Simon 'Sico' WilliamsSico	41 - 33	+8	74.6	1.22
Christopher 'dexter' Nongdexter	40 - 43	-3	81.2	1.08
Joshua 'INS' PotterINS	34 - 31	+3	65.7	1.04
Ollie 'DickStacy' TierneyDickStacy	32 - 44	-12	74.3	0.92

Joshua 'INS' Potter Age: 21 Team: Grayhound Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 635 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Age: 24 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1191 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 Liquid #1 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Keith 'NAF' Markovic Age: 21 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1124 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Age: 19 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 910 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.62 Christopher 'dexter' Nong Age: 25 Team: Grayhound Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 593 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.65 Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Age: 21 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1089 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.68 Grayhound #28 Simon 'Sico' WilliamsChristopher 'dexter' NongJoshua 'INS' PotterLiam 'malta' SchembriOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney Simon 'Sico' Williams Age: 25 Team: Grayhound Rating 1.0: 1.19 Maps played: 591 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.59