Tundra keep rolling at Dota's Riyadh Masters

Tundra Esports won their lone match on Friday to remain the only undefeated team in Group B at the Dota 2 Riyadh Masters in Saudi Arabia.

In Group A, both OG and Team Spirit tied both of their Friday matches to stay unbeaten.

Tundra topped WBG.XG 2-0, prevailing in 34 minutes on green and in 55 minutes on red. Russia's Roman "RAMZES666" Kushnarev paced Tundra with an average 9/1/15 kill-death-assist ratio.

OG downed Aurora in 40 minutes on green before Aurora gained a split with a 40-minute win on green. Peru's Enzo "Timado" Gianoli produced an 8.0/5.5/7.0 K-D-A ratio for OG, while Thailand's Nuengnara "23" Teeramahanon wound up at 7.3/3.5/11.0 for Aurora.

Gaimin Gladiators routed OG in 14 minutes on red before OG replied for a 44-minute victory on red. Denmark's Marcus "Ace" Christensen guided Gaimin Gladiators with a 6.5/3.0/10.5 K-D-A ratio, as Timado finished at 8.0/4.5/7.5.

Spirit got past HEROIC in 41 minutes on green before falling in 52 minutes on green. Russia's Denis "Larl" Sigitov posted an 8.0/4.5/12.0 K-D-A ratio for Spirit, with Peru's Hector "K1" Rodríguez finishing at 10.5/5.0/14.0 for HEROIC.

LGD Gaming took the first map in 26 minutes on green before Spirit responded with a 30-minute triumph on green. Larl registered an 8.0/2.0/7.5 K-D-A ratio for Spirts, while ended up at Guo "shiro" Xuanang 3.5/1.5/5.0 for LGD's all-Chinese squad.

In other Group B action on Friday, Team Liquid beat BetBoom Team 2-0, PSG Quest and beastcoast drew 1-1, and Entity swept MOUZ 2-0.

In Group A, Team Falcons posted a pair of 2-0 wins, against LGD Gaming and Blacklist International. Gaimin Gladiators downed Blacklist International 2-0, and Aurora defeated HEROIC 2-0.

The Saturday schedule:

Group A

--Team Falcons vs. OG

--Gaimin Gladiators vs. LGD Gaming

--Team Spirit vs. Aurora

--HEROIC vs. Blacklist International

Group B

--BetBoom Team vs. Entity

--Tundra Esports vs. PSG Quest

--Team Liquid vs. beastcoast

--WBG.XG vs. MOUZ

--PSG Quest vs. BetBoom Team

--WBG.XG vs. Entity

--MOUZ vs. Team Liquid

--beastcoast vs. Tundra Esports

The $5 million Dota 2 event, part of the Esports World Cup, began with 20 teams, with four eliminated prior to the start of group play.

The group stage runs through Sunday, with all matches best-of-two. Teams are competing in two round-robin groups of eight. The top four teams in each group move on to the playoffs' upper bracket, with the fifth- and sixth-place teams in each group entering the playoffs' lower bracket.

The double-elimination playoffs run Tuesday through July 21. All playoff matches are best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final.

The winning team will earn $1.5 million and 1,000 Esports World Cup team points, while the runner-up will receive $800,000 and 600 Esports World Cup team points.

Dota 2 Riyadh Masters standings (place, team, overall W-L-T record, maps record)

Group A

T1. Gaimin Gladiators, 2-1-2, 6-4

T1. OG, 1-0-4, 6-4

T1. Team Falcons, 3-2-0, 6-4

T1. Team Spirit, 1-0-4, 6-4

5. Aurora, 1-1-3, 5-5

T6. HEROIC, 1-2-2, 4-6

T6. LGD Gaming, 0-1-4, 4-6

8. Blacklist International, 0-2-3, 3-7

Group B

1. Tundra Esports, 3-0-1, 7-1

2. Entity, 3-1-0, 6-2

3. Team Liquid, 1-0-3, 5-3

4. WBG.XG, 1-1-2, 4-4

T5. BetBoom Team, 1-2-1, 3-5

T5. beastcoast, 1-2-1, 3-5

T5. PSG Quest, 0-1-3, 3-5

8. MOUZ, 0-3-1, 1-7

Dota 2 Riyadh Masters prize pool (money, Esports World Cup team points):

1. $1.5 million, 1,000 points

2. $800,000, 600

3. $600,000, 350

4. $400,000, 200

5-6. $300,000, 90

7-8. $200,000, 30

9-12. $100,000

13-14. $70,000

15-16. $40,000

17-18. $25,000 -- Virtus.pro, nouns

19-20. $15,000 -- G2 x ig, Azure Ray

--Field Level Media