After thinking over his decision to forfeit the tournament, Naniwa returned in the boot to play Russian protoss Titan. With a convincing victory, the Swede is on his way to recovery from the opening loss earlier that day.
Right after his 1-2 loss to homeground player Strelok in the IEM Kiev opening match, it was announced on Twitter that Naniwa had decided to forfeit his remaining games due to the technical issues that delayed the whole tournament for approximately two hours. One hour later, ESL tweeted that Naniwa was not officially out of the tournament - the Swede would return to playing Group A.
With his active status confirmed, Naniwa proceeded to play Titan and try to come back from a 0-1 game disadvantage. On Shakuras Plateau, Naniwa employed a strong blink rush that caught the two-basing Titan off position and sniped his important robo tech. Operating in this window of opportunity, Naniwa launched a frontal attack to gain an important supply lead. Titan tried to get back in the game with a similar blink guerilla tactics but Naniwa denied his hopes as his colossi hit the field.
On Antiga Shipyard, Naniwa displayed an outright better control than his opponent, turning an early supply disadvantage into an uncontested victory.
Currently on top of group A is WhiteRa, who doubled his lead by defeating Strelok with a convincing 2-0.
