Aurora beat 1win to reach ESL Pro League semifinals

Aurora opened the ESL Pro League Season 24 playoffs with a 2-0 win over 1win at the Spodek Arena. The team recovered from a slow start on Dust2 before taking its Anubis pick.

1win won the opening pistol round on Dust2, but Aurora responded with two kills each from Ali “Wicadia” Haydar Yalçın and Jimi “Jimpphat” Salo in the second round. Aurora led 8-4 at halftime.

1win won the second pistol round and cut the deficit to one round. Aurora then won a round with Deagle pistols to stop 1win from tying the score. Ismailcan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş added a late kill during an A-site attack to put Aurora ahead 11-8.

Petr “fame” Bolyshev kept 1win in the map with an ace. Özgür “woxic” Eker answered with a 1v2 clutch in the next round, giving Aurora a 13-9 win.

Aurora led 10-2 at halftime on Anubis after Wicadia recorded three kills with Dual Berettas in the opening pistol round. 1win won the second pistol round and added several rounds, but woxic won a 1v1 despite being knifed during the fight. Aurora reached match point before 1win won three straight rounds.

Aurora ended the map with a fast A-site attack against a force buy, winning Anubis 13-8 and the series 2-0.

Jimpphat led Aurora with 39 kills and a 1.59 rating across the two maps. XANTARES had 36 kills, while Wicadia and woxic finished with 34 and 33, respectively. Fame led 1win with 37 kills and a 1.41 rating.

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