Liquid overpower Aurora in IEM Beijing opener

Liquid defeated Aurora 2-0 in their IEM Beijing opening match, winning Inferno 13-3 and Anubis 13-4.

Liquid led 9-3 at halftime on both maps and allowed Aurora to win only one round after the break in each game. The result followed Liquid’s 1-2 loss to Aurora at PGL Masters Bucharest last week, which left Liquid out of the playoffs. Liquid later lost to eventual champions FURIA in the final Swiss-stage round.

Jonathan EliGE Jablonowski led Liquid with 36 kills, 104.9 average damage per round and an 87.9% kill-assist-survival-trade rate. Mario malbsMd Samayoa added 28 kills and posted a 1.81 series rating, including a 2.56 rating on Inferno.

Ismailcan XANTARES Dörtkardeş led Aurora with 17 kills and a 0.83 rating. Jimi Jimpphat Salo also had 17 kills, while Aurora’s other three players each finished with a rating below 0.60.

Liquid will face the winner of the PARIVISION-G2 match in the Group B upper-bracket semifinals.

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