The first round of group A at DreamHack Open London saw EnVyUs pick up an EZskins win to match up against dignitas, who prevailed over Renegades 16-13 on de_inferno.

EnVyUs went on a rampage as Terrorists on de_inferno against the British squad EZskins.com, whose stack on the B bombsite in the first pistol round was one of the few close rounds in the match-up.

After Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey won the first-round clutch facing Sam "⁠RattlesnK⁠" Gawn with the recently buffed Dual Berettas, EZskins had few chances in all of the following rounds, and EnVyUs stormed to a 16-2 victory after a 14-1 halftime score.

DreamHack Open London 2015Best of 1 EnvyMatchpage 16 2 19th September 2015 EZskins.com 16Inferno 2

Envy	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS	21 - 9	+12	-	1.83
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	22 - 9	+13	-	1.69
Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieykioShiMa	12 - 9	+3	-	1.06
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	12 - 10	+2	-	1.05
Vincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerHappy	11 - 10	+1	-	0.94

EZskins.com	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Sam 'RattlesnK' GawnRattlesnK	12 - 16	-4	-	0.74
Luke 'fearLess' MorrisfearLess	11 - 15	-4	-	0.68
Josh 'mole' Rowleymole	8 - 14	-6	-	0.62
Reece 'Puls3' MarrsPuls3	7 - 16	-9	-	0.61
Brandon 'weber' Weberweber	9 - 17	-8	-	0.56

On the other side of the bracket it was dignitas facing off against Renegades on de_cbble for the other spot in the upper final. The former started off the better thanks to a pistol round going their way on the Terrorists side for 3-0.

Exchanging the next couple of rounds meant an economy problem for Renegades, who continued to struggle with their B defense, and dignitas made it to 8-2.

Towards the end of the half the Australians managed to take three out of five to make it to 5-10. They fell in the second pistol round as well though, but Aaron "⁠AZR⁠" Ward's clutch gave them some room to breathe.

schneider proved his worth in his LAN debut with dignitas

Rounds went back and forth afterwards, which was naturally more profitable for dignitas, who took match point at 15-10 due to the time running out in a duel. They still had decent economy going into the next round and turned the tides for three in a row. 

dignitas on the other hand had to eco twice after losing the first match point, which allowed Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche to get an AWP, helping his team secure the map at 16-13.

DreamHack Open London 2015Best of 1 DignitasMatchpage 16 13 19th September 2015 Renegades 16Cobblestone 13

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	24 - 22	+2	-	1.35
Andreas 'znajder' Lindbergznajder	27 - 20	+7	-	1.23
Jacob 'Pimp' WinnechePimp	21 - 15	+6	-	1.20
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	18 - 17	+1	-	1.00
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	15 - 19	-4	-	0.79

Renegades	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Aaron 'AZR' WardAZR	30 - 20	+10	-	1.32
Chad 'SPUNJ' BurchillSPUNJ	22 - 21	+1	-	1.10
Yaman 'yam' Ergenekonyam	18 - 18	0	-	0.97
Justin 'jks' Savagejks	13 - 22	-9	-	0.65
Luke 'Havoc' PatonHavoc	9 - 24	-15	-	0.42

Coming up in London is the remainder of group A, with EnVyUs and dignitas up first battling for number one in the group and a spot in the semi-finals.

Jacob 'Pimp' Winneche Age: 20 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 574 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63 Aaron 'AZR' Ward Age: 22 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 48 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.73 Sam 'RattlesnK' Gawn Age: 27 Team: EZskins.com Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 121 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.69 Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey Age: 21 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 540 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.63