{"id":7585,"date":"2019-06-19T01:38:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T01:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=7585"},"modified":"2020-10-05T22:03:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T02:03:51","slug":"astralis-and-nrg-shine-in-group-a-of-esl-pro-league-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/astralis-and-nrg-shine-in-group-a-of-esl-pro-league-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Astralis and NRG shine in Group A of ESL Pro League Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Group A of the ESL Pro League<\/a> Season 9 Finals has seen eight matches already played, leaving NRG Esports and Astralis to duke it out on Thursday for a place in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

The first day saw a total of 12 games, six of which were played in the upper bracket of Group A. Eight teams started on that side of the draw, but only six made it through to the second round.<\/p>\n

The opening two matches of day one saw G2 defeat Grayhound (16-13) and NRG down Fnatic (16-12) in clashes that could have gone either way. The other two matchups were rather one-sided, with Astralis capitalising on an 11-4 half-time lead to hammer Cloud9 (16-9) and Heroic showing no mercy with an 8-1 blitz in the second half against DETONA Gaming (16-8).<\/p>\n

The losers of the Bo1 fixtures then entered the first round of the lower bracket, while the winners advanced to the second round of the upper bracket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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