Astralis have assured themselves of a grand final spot at BLAST Pro Series Istanbul after defeating Ninjas in Pyjamas 16-11 on Nuke.
Astralis kicked things off on a positive note, winning their Terrorist pistol, in which Nicolai "device" Reedtz got a triple kill to his name, and they followed that up with the subsequent anti-ecos. In the first gun round, Dennis "dennis" Edman came up huge with a quad-kill in a 2v4 situation, but the Danes replied immediately and increased their lead to 5-1.
Ninjas in Pyjamas responded well with a three-round winning streak, but Astralis regained control of proceedings and restored a four-round lead. The Ninjas refused to back down, however, and rallied back on a shoddy buy, following that up with the next two rounds to bring the deficit to 7-8.
With a triple-kill from Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander, Astralis picked up a near-flawless pistol in the second half. Ninjas in Pyjamas won a force buy, which marked the start of a four-round streak from them, but then Astralis tightened up their defence and locked down the map without losing any more rounds.
BLAST Pro Series Istanbul 2018Best of 1
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Matchpage 11 16 29th September 2018 
Astralis 11Nuke 16 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonLekr0 | 19 - 17 | +2 | 85.3 | 1.19 |
| Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis | 19 - 21 | -2 | 83.4 | 0.95 |
| Fredrik 'REZ' SternerREZ | 15 - 19 | -4 | 61.4 | 0.95 |
| Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundGeT_RiGhT | 12 - 19 | -7 | 55.7 | 0.72 |
| Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest | 13 - 20 | -7 | 56.5 | 0.70 |
| Astralis | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x | 27 - 15 | +12 | 97.5 | 1.44 |
| Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh | 20 - 17 | +3 | 76.5 | 1.18 |
| Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice | 19 - 14 | +5 | 76.2 | 1.18 |
| Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve | 17 - 14 | +3 | 81.8 | 1.13 |
| Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk | 13 - 18 | -5 | 63.3 | 0.89 |
The group stage standings currently look as follows:
Group A TEAM M PAstralis 4 12 
MIBR 4 10 Ninjas in Pyjamas 4 4 
Cloud9 4 3 
Virtus.pro 4 3 
Space Soldiers 4 3 
Cloud9 #21 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTimothy 'autimatic' TaMaikil 'Golden' Selim Soham 'valens' Chowdhury Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander 
Age: 23 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1017 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 
MIBR #4 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoTarik 'tarik' CelikFernando 'fer' AlvarengaJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David 
Janko 'YNk' Paunović 
Space Soldiers #39 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor Canpolat 'hardstyle' Yıldıran Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Danny 'zonic' Sørensen Nicolai 'device' Reedtz 
Age: 23 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 1174 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.63 Ninjas in Pyjamas #9 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' Sterner Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif 
Virtus.pro #28 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiMichał 'MICHU' MüllerPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaMichał 'snatchie' Rudzki Jakub 'kuben' Gurczyński Dennis 'dennis' Edman 
Age: 27 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 849 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.68 Ninjas in Pyjamas #9 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' Sterner 
Faruk 'pita' Pita (责任编辑：case opening)
