Virtus.pro have booked their place in the Gfinity Spring Masters semi-finals following a 2-1 victory over Cloud9 (9-16 on de_cobblestone, 16-8 on de_nuke and 16-5 on de_inferno).

Virtus.pro, who are attending the event with a stand-in, INSHOCK's Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller, who is subbing in for Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski, began their campaign in London with a convincing 2-0 victory over home side Infused, whereas Cloud9 were made to work hard to beat Orbit on three maps.

Fans were certainly left surprised to see Cloud9 began the match on a winning note and take a 16-9 victory on de_cobblestone, a map Virtus.pro are traditionally strong on, thanks to strong individual performances from Mike "⁠shroud⁠" Grzesiek and Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert.



n0thing was a one-man army during the series

But the Polish team then upped the pace and turned the series around after picking up a 16-8 win on de_nuke and a 16-5 victory on de_inferno, with Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski taking the plaudits for some great rounds.

Gfinity 2015 Spring Masters 1 Best of 3 Virtus.pro Matchpage 2 1 Cloud9 9 Cobblestone 16 16 Nuke 8 16 Inferno 5

Virtus.pro K - D +/- ADR Rating 1.0 Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps 65 - 44 +21 - 1.34 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ 54 - 41 +13 - 1.13 Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO 47 - 49 -2 - 1.02 Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali 47 - 45 +2 - 0.94 Michał 'MICHU' MüllerMICHU 44 - 49 -5 - 0.93 Cloud9 K - D +/- ADR Rating 1.0 Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing 66 - 49 +17 - 1.34 Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud 46 - 50 -4 - 0.96 Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenSEMPHIS 37 - 51 -14 - 0.81 Sean 'seang@res' Garesseang@res 39 - 52 -13 - 0.78 Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanShahZaM 40 - 55 -15 - 0.73

Virtus.pro are thus through to the semi-finals of the Gfinity Masters, whereas Cloud9 will take on Orbit in an elimination match to determine which of the two will advance to the last-four stage.