donk pipped sh1ro to the MVP at the last minute
Danil “donk” Kryshkovets has been named the HLTV x 1xBET Most Valuable Player of BLAST Open Porto after leading Spirit to their second consecutive trophy following the Esports World Cup.
The 19-year-old put himself in the driving seat after a superlative 1.61-rated group stage performance, but had Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov to contend with after the AWPer put up three standout performances over the course of the semi-finals and the first two maps of the grand final.
In the end, it had to be donk after he turned up in style for a momentum-shifting Ancient map three victory while sh1ro cooled down, followed by a solid Nuke finish, adding to his solid map one peak against Falcons.
That also put his event average up to a 1.40 rating as well as a 1.24 kills per round win, which we have gotten used to from the 19-year-old by now but is nonetheless a staggering number that dwarfs his teammates as usual (sh1ro on 0.96).
The BLAST Open Porto medal now brings donk’s overall tally up to 13 and his Big Event total to 10, which sees the Russian overtake Nikola “NiKo” Kovač on the latter list.
