Apeks pull off historic win at BLAST Paris CSGO Major

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Apeks have made CS:GO historical past on the 2023 BLAST Paris Main, recording the third-ever 16-0 map win at a global main of their match towards Australian aspect Grayhound.

CS:GO Majors have seen their fair proportion of one-sided stomps, however a 16-0 win continues to be a uncommon sight to behold. On the closing CS:GO Main, the 2023 BLAST Paris Major, the European aspect Apeks managed to tug off a dominant 16-0 win within the Challengers Stage towards Grayhound.

Within the best-of-one matchup, the 2 groups settled on Mirage as their battleground for his or her second match of the match. Apeks took management of the match early and didn’t let Grayhound get a foothold in any of the rounds.

Justinas ‘jL’ Lekavicius led Apeks within the match with a 23/4 Kills/Deaths ratio and a 2.01 HLTV rating. The win places Apeks on the prime of the Challengers Stage standings with a 2-0 document and a plus 20 spherical differential.

Apeks put up historic numbers at closing CSGO Main

Apeks are only the second team to have ever pulled off a 16-0 map at a CS:GO Main as Astralis has managed the feat two different occasions. Throughout their dynasty run, the Danish crew managed to 16-0 each MIBR and Cloud9 in 2018 and 2019 respectively.

There are nonetheless three extra rounds to go within the Challengers Stage of the BLAST Paris Main as solely the highest eight groups will transfer on. Because of their traditionally dominant win, Apeks have put themselves in an amazing spot to advance to the subsequent stage.

Grayhound, in the meantime, will not be out of the working to maneuver on but, regardless of the horrific loss, because the Australian crew managed to win its first match towards FORZE Esports. They now sit within the prime half of the desk with a 1-1 document and a minus 14 spherical differential.