ESL Challenger Katowice has had a rough start to the RMR campaign.

SAW lost to SINNERS in a close match on the Vertigo map

The world's 14th ranked team SAW became the only victims of surprise in round 1 of the Europe RMR A tournament, when big names such as Natus Vincere, MOUZ, Vitality, and FaZe all won the Bo1 series. their.

Having just won the ESL Challenger Katowice, the Portuguese team "returned to earth" after a 13-11 defeat to SINNERS on the Vertigo map. SAW was behind almost throughout the match and only recovered from a 6-12 deficit playing on the T-side before collapsing in the final decisive moments.

Meanwhile, Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut achieved a rating of 1.91 when Vitality surpassed GamerLegion with a score of 13-8. Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin and Ádám "torzsi" Torzsás even had outstanding performances with ratings over 2.00, helping MOUZ destroy Nemiga with a score of 13-3.

The Falcons also struggled to overcome ECLOT in their first match in Shanghai, only winning in extra time. Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer's team had to thank star Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev, who pulled off a spectacular 1v2 clutch with just 5HP in the penultimate round of the main set.

The second round schedule has been announced, with the focus on the 1-0 group matches between FaZe vs Falcons and MOUZ vs Sangal. In group 0-1, the most interesting match will be the intra-CIS clash between Cloud9 and Nemiga.

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