TyLoo are through to the semi-finals at StarLadder ImbaTV Invitational Chongqing following a 2-0 victory over Vega Squadron (16-8 on Inferno, 16-5 on Mirage) in the group's decider match.

TYLOO had secured their place in the decider stage after crushing SCARZ Absolute on two quick maps, giving up just five rounds total against the Japanese side in the elimination match.

The series kicked off on TYLOO's map pick, Inferno, with the Russians winning their T-side pistol to grab a quick 3-0 lead. The Chinese side responded with a successful gun round, but Vega Squadron immediately reset their opponents' economy.

BnTeT led the way for TyLoo with 38 kills and a 1.46 rating

However, TYLOO quickly took control of proceedings and closed out the half with a 10-5 lead. In the second half, Vega Squadron found a lifeline after denying TyLoo from building on their pistol round win, but Hansel "⁠BnTeT⁠" Ferdinand and co. then strung five rounds together to lock down the map, 16-8.

Next up was Mirage, Vega Squadron's map pick. Although Vega Squadron began with a triumphant Terrorist pistol, TYLOO replied with a force-buy to take control of proceedings and secure a 3-1 lead.

The Russians then won four of the next seven rounds to reduce the deficit to 5-6, but Ke "⁠captainMo⁠" Liu's men were simply too hot to handle, and went on an impressive ten-round winning streak to wrap things up, 16-5, and book their place in the semi-finals.

StarLadder ImbaTV Invitational Chongqing 2018 Best of 3 Vega Squadron Matchpage 0 2 TYLOO 8 Inferno 16 5 Mirage 16

Vega Squadron K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Dmitriy 'jR' ChervakjR 26 - 29 -3 65.1 0.94 Nikolay 'mir' Bityukovmir 30 - 34 -4 66.6 0.85 Sergey 'keshandr' Nikishinkeshandr 28 - 39 -11 72.4 0.85 Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakovchopper 23 - 37 -14 62.4 0.81 Pavel 'hutji' Lashkovhutji 17 - 38 -21 50.4 0.61 TYLOO K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandBnTeT 38 - 18 +20 80.0 1.46 Hui 'DD' WuDD 38 - 28 +10 93.2 1.34 Kevin 'xccurate' Susantoxccurate 36 - 20 +16 73.8 1.32 HaoWen 'somebody' Xusomebody 36 - 28 +8 81.9 1.29 Ke 'captainMo' LiucaptainMo 28 - 30 -2 80.7 1.07

The StarLadder ImbaTV Invitational Chongqing 2018 will resume on Satruday at 06:00 , with Spirit taking on BOOT-d[S] for a place in the next stage of the event. After that, the first semi-final will see AGO battle it out against TYLOO at 09:00 .