.Russia upset Virtus.pro in the second semi-final of WESG EU & CIS Regional Finals with a 2-0 victory (Mirage 16-4, Overpass 16-10).

.Russia got off to a flying start on Mirage, picking up an early 5-0 lead due to amazing play from Alexey "⁠ub1que⁠" Polivanov. The next six rounds were split evenly, but then Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov wreaked havoc, getting a quad-kill in a key round. 

After the half ended at 11-4 in the Russians' favour, the Poles didn't even come close to contesting any of the rounds, as Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov and company only lost four playes in total over five rounds for 16-4.

electronic's fantastic performance helped .Russia reach the final

Overpass followed and that time around Virtus.pro started off the better, getting six out of the first seven rounds as Counter-Terrorists. On the back of electroNic's entry kills, .Russia began closing the gap and managed to take the half to a close 7-8 scoreline.

VP picked up the following pistol round but couldn't turn it into more, as .Russia took their first lead on the map at 10-9. Winning multiple close situations in a row, electroNic's team was in prime position to advance to the grand final, as they reached map point.

Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas's squad managed to delay in the next round, but it didn't matter in the end. With a huge quad-kill, electroNic closed out the series at 16-10, 2-0.

WESG 2016 Europe & CIS Regional FinalsBest of 3 .RussiaMatchpage 2 0 9th October 2016 Virtus.pro 16Mirage 4 16Overpass 10 News tags:

.Russia	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovelectroNic	50 - 26	+24	103.6	1.68
Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinWorldEdit	35 - 25	+10	86.6	1.40
Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanovhooch	32 - 22	+10	77.4	1.29
Alexey 'ub1que' Polivanovub1que	38 - 30	+8	83.2	1.27
Savelii 'jmqa' Braginjmqa	31 - 27	+4	75.9	1.19

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	37 - 35	+2	95.6	1.08
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	29 - 33	-4	76.9	0.92
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	25 - 37	-12	61.1	0.73
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	20 - 43	-23	63.8	0.55
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	18 - 39	-21	41.7	0.54

WESG 2016 Europe & CIS Regional FinalsBest of 3 .RussiaMatchpage 2 0 9th October 2016 Virtus.pro 16Mirage 4 16Overpass 10

.Russia	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovelectroNic	50 - 26	+24	103.6	1.68
Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinWorldEdit	35 - 25	+10	86.6	1.40
Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanovhooch	32 - 22	+10	77.4	1.29
Alexey 'ub1que' Polivanovub1que	38 - 30	+8	83.2	1.27
Savelii 'jmqa' Braginjmqa	31 - 27	+4	75.9	1.19

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	37 - 35	+2	95.6	1.08
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	29 - 33	-4	76.9	0.92
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	25 - 37	-12	61.1	0.73
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	20 - 43	-23	63.8	0.55
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	18 - 39	-21	41.7	0.54

The grand final as well as the Polish third-place decider are scheduled to begin at 16:00 .

Virtus.pro #2 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas Age: 30 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1088 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanov Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 415 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.69 Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov Age: 18 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 201 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.71 Alexey 'ub1que' Polivanov Age: 24 Team: Preparation Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 318 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.70 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone