Jokin Altuna, in a file image. /
You have tested your left hand for half an hour before the choice of material
Jokin Altuna is ready to return to the Couples Championship on Friday in Urduliz for the match that will open the fifth day. The Amezketarra has made the decision after evaluating the state of his left hand for 35 minutes before the choice of material in the fronton of this Biscayan town, where his defender Julen Martija has not been present due to a commitment related to his studies.
Jokin Altuna declares that «I have taken a lot of massages these days and I have tried not to perform too strong sessions. Above all I have made hands because I have them somewhat soft. On Tuesday I spent more time than today at the Beotibar in Tolosa with Jokin Etxaniz -Aspe’s technical director-. It was a higher intensity session and today I wanted to test how the hand responded 24 hours later. It is well and I have given the yes to play ».
The manomanista champion missed the match last Sunday in Logroño due to a problem in his left hand. “It is in the same place that gave me war during the summer. Then I had a good left foot during the Four and a Half Championship, but in Tolosa a ball hit me again. It is also in two points, so it is very difficult to protect it well. I tried on Friday of last week, but I found it impossible to play, I could not release the blow naturally ».
Accompanied by Jon Apezetxea, mayor of Aspe, Jokin Altuna has chosen balls of 104.9, 105.1 and 104.5 grams that «I liked. Both those that our mayor has put in and those of Pablo Berasaluze, the one from Baiko. They are so good that it was hard for me to choose.
Mikel Urrutikoetxea and Aitor Aranguren, who have not put the cleats in their hands and to whom Berasaluze has thrown the balls to the front, have opted for three of similar cut of 104.9, 105.3 and 104.5 grams.
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