FlyQuest beat Complexity to continue Opening Stage upset streak

Liquid came back from 3-9 down against Cloud9 on the B stream.

Action continued in the Perfect World Shanghai Major Opening Stage as FlyQuest and Liquid won their opening matches against Complexity and Cloud9.

The A stream played host to Complexity vs. FlyQuest, with Anubis chosen as the battleground. The match began with Jay “⁠Liazz⁠” Tregillgas clutching a 1v3 in the pistol round, which set the scene for the rest of the half as the Aussies ran rings around Complexity

FlyQuest made the most out of Jonathan “⁠EliGE⁠” Jablonowski’s off-game to run riot in an 11-1 offensive half, and while Complexity were able to make the scoreline somewhat respectable, FlyQuest did more than enough to secure a 13-6 win.

“The RMR was way too much pressure for us,” Christopher “⁠dexter⁠” Nong said in a comment to HLTV. “We almost crumbled there by a hair’s margin. In the Major, we’re way more relaxed [and have] much more of a good feeling going into the games.”

Complexity	K – D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.1
Michael ‘Grim’ Wince	14 – 13	+1	86.4	1.26
Jonathan ‘EliGE’ Jablonowski	12 – 16	-4	59.1	0.85
Ricky ‘floppy’ Kemery	10 – 15	-5	78.9	0.78
Håkon ‘hallzerk’ Fjærli	9 – 13	-4	51.8	0.78
Johnny ‘JT’ Theodosiou	8 – 16	-8	63.9	0.60

FlyQuest	K – D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.1
Joshua ‘INS’ Potter	19 – 7	+12	109.8	1.67
Alistair ‘aliStair’ Johnston	17 – 10	+7	85.8	1.52
Jay ‘Liazz’ Tregillgas	12 – 11	+1	75.9	1.34
Christopher ‘dexter’ Nong	15 – 14	+1	74.7	1.08
Declan ‘Vexite’ Portelli	10 – 11	-1	56.4	0.97

Over on the B stream, Liquid met Cloud9 on Ancient. The squad led by Kirill “⁠Boombl4⁠” Mikhailov started on the CT side and put together a dominant 9-3 half, with Kaisar “⁠ICY⁠” Faiznurov and Nikita “⁠HeavyGod⁠” Martynenko combining for 29 kills, more than the entire Liquid roster (23).

Once the sides switched, however, so did the momentum. Liquid went on a 10-1 run as Cloud9 couldn’t get going on the T side, and Roland “⁠ultimate⁠” Tomkowiak’s 1v2 finished the job to help Liquid become the first favorite to move to the 1-0 pool.

Liquid	K – D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.1
Roland ‘ultimate’ Tomkowiak	21 – 13	+8	92.0	1.54
Russel ‘Twistzz’ Van Dulken	20 – 15	+5	92.1	1.28
Justin ‘jks’ Savage	14 – 13	+1	68.0	0.95
Mareks ‘YEKINDAR’ Gaļinskis	10 – 14	-4	42.9	0.78
Keith ‘NAF’ Markovic	9 – 19	-10	67.9	0.71

Cloud9	K – D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.1
Nikita ‘HeavyGod’ Martynenko	22 – 13	+9	98.8	1.48
Kaisar ‘ICY’ Faiznurov	21 – 15	+6	97.7	1.42
Sergey ‘Ax1Le’ Rykhtorov	16 – 15	+1	66.6	0.91
Kirill ‘Boombl4’ Mikhailov	10 – 15	-5	54.8	0.76
Timofey ‘interz’ Yakushin	4 – 16	-12	40.4	0.46

The current Swiss system standings are as follows: