Fireball wasn't far off from Machi last season and if the new additions give them a boost in performance there's no telling how far they can go. This will be a very good opportunity to gauge where they stand in relation to the middle of the pack.
Interesting meta with the Rein/Zarya/McCree/Doomfist picks that we hadn't seen in a while but them not having played a match together before this really showed. Luckily this is an extremely long tournament so they have time to gel but hopefully we do see improvement in the coming weeks.
In the interview M17 are saying that they had heard that MT was really strong and that MT had been beating some strong Chinese teams so they were really nervous coming into the match.