TyLoo, Tainted Minds march on in Group B

TYLOO and Tainted Minds have moved on to Group B's winners' match at the Asia Minor after defeating 5POWER and Uniquestars, respectively, in close matches.

The opening match of the day in London started with 5POWER taking the initial pistol round on the back of a successful A execute, but there was no follow-up as TYLOO replied with CZs, setting themselves up for a 2-1 lead.

Against all expectations, TYLOO dropped the pace and let the offensive side take control of proceedings. The Chinese team were on the back foot for most of the half, but still laboured hard to bring the deficit to a solitary round by the end of the half.

TyLoo beat 5POWER after a slow first half

Now playing on the Terrorist side, TYLOO overcame the deficit after taking the pistol round and the subsequent anti-ecos. 5POWER did not wish to let the game slip away, however, and immediately restored parity after taking two rounds, the first of which thanks to a 1v2 clutch from Andrew "⁠kaze⁠" Khong on the B site.

It looked like the rest of the game would be a close affair, but instead it became a one-way street as TYLOO ran riot, dropping just one more round before locking down the map in the 27th round thanks to a 1v2 clutch from HaoWen "⁠somebody⁠" Xu.

Asia Minor - FACEIT Major 2018Best of 1 TYLOOMatchpage 16 11 17th July 2018 5POWER 16Inferno 11

TYLOO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandBnTeT	27 - 17	+10	104.1	1.52
HaoWen 'somebody' Xusomebody	22 - 16	+6	91.6	1.31
Hui 'DD' WuDD	21 - 19	+2	77.4	1.15
Kevin 'xccurate' Susantoxccurate	21 - 19	+2	76.2	1.05
Ke 'captainMo' LiucaptainMo	7 - 19	-12	48.6	0.71

5POWER	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Andrew 'kaze' Khongkaze	23 - 18	+5	82.2	1.27
Peng 'xiaosaGe' SongxiaosaGe	23 - 25	-2	103.1	1.19
Benjamin 'moxie' Koumoxie	18 - 18	0	74.5	1.03
ZhiHai 'QKA' FuQKA	19 - 18	+1	61.7	0.98
Daryl 'insanity' Chuainsanity	7 - 19	-12	48.0	0.70

The following match, also on Inferno, quickly got out of hand for Uniquestars as any round that they took was quickly countered with a round by Tainted Minds, who looked to be well in control of the action.

It was only when they were down 3-9 that the Uniquestars finally switched on, with the Israeli side winning three rounds straight on the back of great individual actions from Lidor "⁠LaNrefNi⁠" Almasi and Daniel "⁠ponkt⁠" Punkt.

INS & co had to work hard to get the win

Uniquestars used that newly-found momentum to go on a great run in the second half, winning the pistol round with a straight B push, the following anti-ecos, and the first full gun round after overturning a 2v4 situation.

Things were starting to look bleak for Tainted Minds, but then they picked up the pace and hit map point without losing any more rounds. The Australian defence then finally cracked, but Yaman "⁠yam⁠" Ergenekon's side would not let a comeback happen and wrapped things up before the game reached its 30th round.

Asia Minor - FACEIT Major 2018Best of 1 Tainted MindsMatchpage 16 13 17th July 2018 Uniquestars 16Inferno 13

Tainted Minds	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Joshua 'INS' PotterINS	25 - 21	+4	97.8	1.30
Chris 'ofnu' Hanleyofnu	24 - 22	+2	95.8	1.25
Callum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonBURNRUOk	22 - 24	-2	86.0	1.09
Ryan 'zewsy' Palmerzewsy	21 - 20	+1	73.8	0.99
Yaman 'yam' Ergenekonyam	16 - 19	-3	55.2	0.82

Uniquestars	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Guy 'NertZ' IluzNertZ	31 - 19	+12	114.0	1.57
Daniel 'ponkt' Punktponkt	24 - 24	0	76.5	1.08
Lidor 'LaNrefNi' AlmasiLaNrefNi	18 - 18	0	79.3	1.06
Guy 'anarkez' Trachtmananarkez	18 - 23	-5	59.8	0.84
Barak 'shp3x' Schneidershp3x	15 - 24	-9	69.2	0.84

5POWER ZhiHai 'QKA' FuPeng 'xiaosaGe' SongBenjamin 'moxie' KouAndrew 'kaze' KhongDaryl 'insanity' Chua Andrew 'kaze' Khong Age: 23 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.19 Maps played: 346 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.62 Tainted Minds #69 Yaman 'yam' ErgenekonRyan 'zewsy' PalmerChris 'ofnu' HanleyCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonJoshua 'INS' Potter Yaman 'yam' Ergenekon Age: 29 Team: Tainted Minds Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 449 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 Lidor 'LaNrefNi' Almasi Age: 19 Team: Uniquestars Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 23 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.67 HaoWen 'somebody' Xu Age: 23 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 648 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 Uniquestars Lidor 'LaNrefNi' AlmasiGuy 'NertZ' IluzBarak 'shp3x' SchneiderGuy 'anarkez' TrachtmanDaniel 'ponkt' Punkt Daniel 'ponkt' Punkt Age: 19 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 21 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.75 TYLOO #16 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto