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Gambit have beaten Grayhound 2-0 to eliminate them at IEM Shanghai (16-7 on Dust2 and 16-12 on Overpass).

The Group B elimination match featuring Grayhound and Gambit kicked off on Dust2 with the Oceanic team on the T-side. Erdenetsogt "⁠erkaSt⁠" Gantulga and Ollie "⁠DickStacy⁠" Tierney wrapped up the pistol round with their double kills and Grayhound made it 3-0 after winning the anti-ecos.

Gambit’s defense was nearly impenetrable during the weapon rounds as the CIS team secured nine of the twelve remaining first half rounds to win the half 9-6. Grayhound picked up the second half pistol victory but Gambit grabbed seven rounds in a row to win the map 16-7.

Mihail "⁠Dosia⁠" Stolyarov got a quad kill in the pistol round on Overpass where Gambit won the first four rounds on the T-side. After Grayhound's first round win, Gambit reset them by winning a 2vs4, extending their lead to 5-1. The CIS team led 11-4 at halftime.

Grayhound won a 3vs5 in the second half pistol round and trailed 11-7 after taking two anti-eco rounds. Gambit shut down a B-rush in the first weapon round as Dosia got a double kill, making it 12-7. Gambit won the map 16-12 and the series 2-0, moving on to the Group B decider match against BOOT-d[S].

Gambit	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN	43 - 27	+16	96.2	1.40
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	39 - 29	+10	80.3	1.21
Nikolay 'mir' Bityukovmir	40 - 29	+11	78.0	1.21
Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovHObbit	32 - 31	+1	70.8	1.09
Rustem 'mou' Telepovmou	31 - 35	-4	70.3	0.93

Grayhound	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Christopher 'dexter' Nongdexter	33 - 36	-3	78.5	1.06
Sean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiGratisfaction	33 - 36	-3	68.2	0.88
Ollie 'DickStacy' TierneyDickStacy	29 - 37	-8	65.5	0.87
Liam 'malta' Schembrimalta	26 - 36	-10	66.4	0.84
Erdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaerkaSt	30 - 40	-10	59.7	0.83