FlyQuest go 2-0 in Shanghai Major opening day; fnatic 0-2

The Australian team came out swinging in the Opening Stage best-of-ones with the RMR jitters now far behind.

FlyQuest went 26-11 in rounds on the opening day of the Perfect World Shanghai Major with a 13-5 victory against Complexity followed by a 13-6 against BIG.

The Germans never really had a chance on Nuke, tallying just three rounds on the CT side before Christopher “⁠dexter⁠” Nong put an end to any ideas of a comeback in the second half with four SMG kills that voided the pistol round they lost after the switch.

The Australian side now sit comfortably in the 2-0 pool ahead of the best-of-threes, a very different view than fnatic, who have been sent to the 0-2 pool by Cloud9. Benjamin “⁠blameF⁠” Bremer and company played a close opening match against Wildcard on Mirage, but were outclassed by Cloud9 on Ancient.

Cloud9’s Kaisar “⁠ICY⁠” Faiznurov, with 21 kills in 18 rounds and a big moment with a hero M4 triple earned a 2.07 rating in the match against fnatic.

 BIG5：13FlyQuest

Nuke

30th November 2024

BIG	K – D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.1
Karim ‘Krimbo’ Moussa	18 – 14	+4	96.6	1.25
Johannes ‘tabseN’ Wodarz	13 – 14	-1	89.7	0.99
Florian ‘syrsoN’ Rische	9 – 10	-1	61.7	0.86
Jon ‘JDC’ de Castro	12 – 14	-2	64.3	0.83
Rigon ‘rigoN’ Gashi	3 – 15	-12	33.7	0.33

FlyQuest	K – D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.1
Christopher ‘dexter’ Nong	20 – 12	+8	109.4	1.70
Joshua ‘INS’ Potter	13 – 12	+1	103.3	1.50
Declan ‘Vexite’ Portelli	12 – 11	+1	65.4	1.07
Jay ‘Liazz’ Tregillgas	10 – 12	-2	68.1	1.03
Alistair ‘aliStair’ Johnston	9 – 9	0	51.0	0.89

fnatic5：13Cloud9

Ancient

30th November 2024

fnatic	K – D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.1
Benjamin ‘blameF’ Bremer	11 – 14	-3	85.5	0.97
Tim ‘nawwk’ Jonasson	12 – 14	-2	71.6	0.92
Freddy ‘KRIMZ’ Johansson	13 – 12	+1	69.7	0.84
Matúš ‘MATYS’ Šimko	10 – 16	-6	67.7	0.66
Alexandre ‘bodyy’ Pianaro	4 – 13	-9	33.2	0.33

Cloud9	K – D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.1
Kaisar ‘ICY’ Faiznurov	21 – 5	+16	116.2	2.07
Sergey ‘Ax1Le’ Rykhtorov	19 – 11	+8	96.9	1.64
Nikita ‘HeavyGod’ Martynenko	13 – 9	+4	68.2	1.38
Kirill ‘Boombl4’ Mikhailov	7 – 12	-5	61.8	1.06
Timofey ‘interz’ Yakushin	9 – 13	-4	49.8	0.95