Liquid have kicked off their DreamHack Masters Marseille run on the right foot after beating Gambit 16-7, while fnatic have defeated TyLoo with a dominant 16-4 score.

In their first official match with Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo, Liquid battled it out against Gambit on Cobblestone. Starting out as Counter-Terrorists, the North Americans bagged a 3-0 lead after securing the first pistol round, but then Gambit levelled up the score.

With their economy back on track, Liquid started stringing rounds together, constantly denying Gambit from breaking through their defence. In the 12th round, however, the Kazakhstan side was finally able to stop their opponents' streak, losing only one more round to bring the deficit to three rounds by half-time.

TACO's debut for Liquid ended quickly

Liquid began the second half with another pistol round win, and then cruised to a 12-6 lead. From that moment, Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella's men remained in the driving seat and calmly hit match-point. Gambit still responded in the following round, but it was all in vain as Liquid then wrapped things up fairly easily.

DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018Best of 1 LiquidMatchpage 16 7 18th April 2018 Gambit 16Cobblestone 7

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	21 - 11	+10	88.1	1.42
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	18 - 14	+4	94.1	1.39
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	20 - 12	+8	85.9	1.35
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	20 - 9	+11	86.3	1.33
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	15 - 11	+4	78.5	1.27

Gambit	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	17 - 18	-1	87.0	1.06
Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN	14 - 19	-5	73.9	0.79
Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovHObbit	11 - 20	-9	56.8	0.63
Rustem 'mou' Telepovmou	9 - 19	-10	43.7	0.59
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	6 - 18	-12	45.6	0.58

The Group C opening match kicked off on Inferno, with Kevin "⁠xccurate⁠" Susanto's men picking up their CT-side pistol. fnatic countered their opponents in the next round, however, and, from that point, kept overwhelming TYLOO's defence to go up 11-1.

Even though TYLOO then strung the final three rounds of the half to hit the four-round mark, fnatic would not let them raise their hopes, and quickly finished things off in the second half.

DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018Best of 1 fnaticMatchpage 16 4 18th April 2018 TYLOO 16Inferno 4

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	22 - 8	+14	104.9	1.75
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	20 - 12	+8	101.0	1.59
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	14 - 13	+1	82.7	1.39
Jonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonLekr0	11 - 14	-3	74.8	1.00
Maikil 'Golden' SelimGolden	10 - 12	-2	55.3	0.85

TYLOO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Hui 'DD' WuDD	13 - 16	-3	89.5	0.96
Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandBnTeT	11 - 15	-4	75.7	0.87
Kevin 'xccurate' Susantoxccurate	13 - 16	-3	63.6	0.76
Ke 'captainMo' LiucaptainMo	12 - 15	-3	53.4	0.74
HaoWen 'somebody' Xusomebody	10 - 15	-5	46.4	0.71

Gambit #17 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovDenis 'seized' KostinAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo Age: 23 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 651 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.64 Liquid #7 Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloNick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Kevin 'xccurate' Susanto Age: 20 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 277 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.64 Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Age: 22 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 830 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 fnatic #3 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim TYLOO #25 Kevin 'xccurate' SusantoKe 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' Xu