Ninjas in Pyjamas ended day one of BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen with a 2-0 record after beating Astralis, while Liquid picked up their first points as they overran Cloud9.

It was a nightmare of a first day for Astralis as the Danes face the prospect of elimination from BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen, an event they have never won, following a 0-2 start to the tournament. After being overwhelmed by FaZe in their opening game, Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander's troops were handed another painful defeat, this time by Ninjas in Pyjamas, who put in a near-flawless display on Overpass to end the day with a 2-0 record.

Starting out on the Terrorist side, Astralis were on the back foot from the get-go and struggled to find a way through the water-tight Ninjas in Pyjamas defense for a large portion of the first half. The Danes got their first win on the board 13 rounds into the game and then had gla1ve to thank as the Danish tactician pulled off a 1v2 clutch to prevent a reset.

Lekr0 is sitting on a 1.48 rating in Copenhagen after two great displays

Astralis carried that late momentum into the second half and picked up the first three rounds to keep themselves in the game. However, their comeback would be short-lived: Ninjas in Pyjamas upped the pace after that and locked down the game in the 23rd round, leaving the Danes on the edge of the precipice.

BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2019Best of 1 AstralisMatchpage 7 16 1st November 2019 Ninjas in Pyjamas 7Overpass 16

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	17 - 16	+1	73.3	1.03
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	10 - 19	-9	58.7	0.77
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	14 - 19	-5	65.3	0.77
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	12 - 19	-7	76.7	0.70
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	11 - 20	-9	57.7	0.66

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonLekr0	25 - 11	+14	104.7	1.71
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	17 - 12	+5	75.7	1.23
Simon 'twist' Eliassontwist	19 - 14	+5	81.2	1.22
Fredrik 'REZ' SternerREZ	15 - 13	+2	82.0	1.19
Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez ZamoraPlopski	17 - 14	+3	81.7	1.19

Over on the secondary stream, Liquid made light work of Cloud9 in a North American derby on Inferno. Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella's side took control of proceedings from the start and romped to a 13-2 lead with a strong CT side performance after preventing their opponents from stringing rounds together.

A Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken ace in the second half pistol piled even more misery on Cloud9's players, who were unable to keep Liquid from running away with the game.

BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2019Best of 1 Cloud9Matchpage 4 16 1st November 2019 Liquid 4Inferno 16

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellasmixwell	10 - 17	-7	51.3	0.76
Damian 'daps' Steeledaps	11 - 18	-7	66.6	0.63
Yassine 'Subroza' TaoufikSubroza	7 - 19	-12	38.0	0.43
Kenneth 'koosta' Suenkoosta	5 - 19	-14	39.8	0.33
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	5 - 20	-15	41.9	0.28

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	24 - 11	+13	137.1	2.05
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	22 - 4	+18	99.8	1.90
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	18 - 8	+10	88.8	1.61
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	17 - 7	+10	69.7	1.39
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	11 - 8	+3	70.6	1.21

Group A TEAM M P FaZe 2 6 Ninjas in Pyjamas 2 6 Liquid 2 3 Natus Vincere 2 3 Cloud9 2 0 Astralis 2 0 Natus Vincere #10 Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy Cloud9 #37 Oscar 'mixwell' CañellasDamian 'daps' SteeleTimothy 'autimatic' TaKenneth 'koosta' SuenYassine 'Subroza' Taoufik Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Age: 24 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1204 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 Astralis #2 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif FaZe #21 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Janko 'YNk' Paunović Liquid #4 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Eric 'adreN' Hoag Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' SternerNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Faruk 'pita' Pita FaZe #21 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander Age: 24 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1232 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 Astralis #2 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Danny 'zonic' Sørensen Liquid #4 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Cloud9 #37 Oscar 'mixwell' CañellasDamian 'daps' SteeleTimothy 'autimatic' TaKenneth 'koosta' SuenYassine 'Subroza' Taoufik James 'JamezIRL' Macaulay Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Age: 19 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 926 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.62 Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' SternerNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora