Grayfox takes a heartbreaking loss in Ramadan Rivals final

After 4 weeks of action in the GG League Ramadan Rivals, we had Grayfox Esports taking on Lovebirds in the BO5 Grand Final.

Mirage which was Lovebirds' pick got the series underway with a big 9-3 lead on their T side. Lovebirds dropped just one round on their CT half as they closed it out at 13-4.

Grayfox's pick of Anubis saw Lovebirds start with the T sided pistol and again started with a big lead on their offensive half, going 10-0 up. ARTXK1NG was denied a 1v3 by Nox, which finally got the Indian team on the board but it was an 11-1 start for Lovebirds. The second half pistol was crucial for Grayfox and following the pistol win on their T side, Grayfox quickly went on to pick up 7 rounds but Grayfox eventually fell to a mixed buy that saw Lovebirds go 13-7 to go 2-0 up in the series.

Lovebirds made it three opening pistols in a row as they started their second pick of Nuke with the T-side pistol. After converting against the force and eco from Grayfox and going 3-0 up, a rite2ace multi-kill got the Indian team's defensive half going and they quickly went 9-3 up. Grayfox evened out the pistols on Nuke but Lovebirds answered on the force and brought it to a one-round game at 10-9. Grayfox eventually hung on for a 13-10 win to keep the series alive.

Grayfox started Overpass with the T pistol but Lovebirds answered back on the force. After a couple of back-and-forth rounds initially, Grayfox ran away to a 7-2 lead. Lovebirds pulled it to a two round half. The Indian team made it two out of two pistols on Overpass. A clinical CT half from Grayfox with a couple of highlight plays from rite2ace on the B site helped the Indian team take the series to a third map following a 13-7 win on Overpass.

Vertigo was the series decider and continuing their momentum, Grayfox got things underway with another pistol win on their T-side. Following a big 5-0 start, the Indian team went 7-5 up to start the final map of the Grand Final with ghostxD starting 17/6. A crucial arakyN multi-kill on the B site saw Grayfox take the second pistol as well but Lovebirds answered back with a Tec-9 force along with a solitary MAC-10.

Love birds' force buy conversion saw them eventually go on to take the lead of the map at 9-8. Both teams weren't willing to budge as they traded rounds but it was Lovebirds who pipped Grayfox at 13-11 to deny the Indian team a reverse-sweep and win the Grand Finals 3-2.