TYLOO have secured the top spot in Group B at IEM Shanghai following a convincing 2-0 victory over BOOT-d[S].

The battle for a semi-final berth in Shanghai began on Dust2, with BOOT-d[S] coming out with all guns blazing. Boosted by their stunning victory over Gambit, the Singaporean side got out to a 3-0 lead on the Terrorist side, but once TYLOO had money to work with the landscape of the game changed dramatically, with the half ending with a commanding 11-4 lead in favour of Ke "⁠captainMo⁠" Liu's side.

Carrying their momentum into the second half, TYLOO won five rounds right off the bat to seal a convincing victory in a one-sided game before heading into their own map pick.

The second map, Mirage, followed the same pattern of the first as BOOT-d[S] came out the livelier of the two sides but lost control of the game once TYLOO had money in the bank.

TyLoo made light work of BOOT-d[S]

The Chinese side ran all over the BOOT-d[S], unfazed by a 1v4 clutch by Anthony "⁠ImpressioN⁠" Lim in the 10th round. Down 4-9, the Singaporean side were able to put their foot down thanks to a trio of kills by stand-in Leslie "⁠Bobosaur⁠" Soen, with Benedict "⁠Benkai⁠" Tan following that up with a decisive kill in a 1v1 to deny HaoWen "⁠somebody⁠" Xu the miraculous 1v3 clutch.

Up 9-6, TYLOO further extended their lead after winning their CT pistol and the corresponding anti-ecos. BOOT-d[S] responded in their first buy with a clutch from Nevin "⁠splashske⁠" Aw, but the Chinese side hit back immediately following a quad-kill from somebody - the only team member with a gun.

That round by the 23-year-old set TYLOO up for another winning streak, with a quad-kill from Kevin "⁠xccurate⁠" Susanto in the 23rd round sealing the deal for the Chinese giants.

IEM Shanghai 2018Best of 3 BOOT-d[S]Matchpage 0 2 1st August 2018 TYLOO 4Dust2 16 7Mirage 16

BOOT-d[S]	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nevin 'splashske' Awsplashske	25 - 38	-13	70.2	0.77
Anthony 'ImpressioN' LimImpressioN	26 - 35	-9	60.2	0.75
Benedict 'Benkai' TanBenkai	24 - 35	-11	63.8	0.70
Kumaresan 'Tommy' RamaniTommy	16 - 37	-21	50.6	0.51
Leslie 'Bobosaur' SoenBobosaur	13 - 40	-27	48.1	0.38

TYLOO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
HaoWen 'somebody' Xusomebody	43 - 18	+25	103.3	1.69
Kevin 'xccurate' Susantoxccurate	44 - 23	+21	95.2	1.67
Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandBnTeT	39 - 18	+21	91.7	1.56
Hui 'DD' WuDD	29 - 20	+9	80.1	1.31
Ke 'captainMo' LiucaptainMo	30 - 25	+5	73.6	1.15

Benedict 'Benkai' Tan Age: 21 Team: BOOT-d[S] Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 378 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.67 Gambit #20 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovNikolay 'mir' Bityukov Ke 'captainMo' Liu Age: 29 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 612 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 Kevin 'xccurate' Susanto Age: 20 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 363 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.64 BOOT-d[S] #53 Nevin 'splashske' AwBenedict 'Benkai' TanAnthony 'ImpressioN' LimKumaresan 'Tommy' RamaniLeslie 'Bobosaur' Soen Anthony 'ImpressioN' Lim Age: 22 Team: BOOT-d[S] Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 365 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.69 Leslie 'Bobosaur' Soen Age: 22 Team: BOOT-d[S] Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 41 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.72 HaoWen 'somebody' Xu Age: 23 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 658 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 Nevin 'splashske' Aw Age: 19 Team: BOOT-d[S] Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 386 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.67 TYLOO #12 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto