Imaz, Altuna III, Mariezkurrena II and Darío, new to the tournament, chat before the presentation of the San Mateo Fair in Logroño. /
The companies are betting heavily on Logroño with eight festivals and a tournament of six couples in which the novelty will be Darío from La Rioja
It was missing to put the icing on the cake to a good summer for the ball and the San Mateo de Logroño Fair will take care of it. The companies have recovered the usual eight-day format after the suspension of the event due to the pandemic in 2020 and a tournament with reduced capacity last season, and they will arrive with all their arsenal at the Javier Adarraga fronton. The competition will start on the 18th and will run until the 25th, the date on which the winners will be announced. The day before, the traditional business challenge will be played. Half a dozen couples divided into two groups will fight for the wound.
In the first will be the only Biscayan, Mikel Urrutikoetxea, who has been assigned as a teammate a defender he knows perfectly well as Imaz. They will seek to get rid of the thorn in the San Fermín tournament in which they went home with two defeats by the minimum. Both are in a good moment so they have a nice opportunity.
His rivals will be Darío and Zabaleta and Altuna III-Martija. The player from La Rioja is the novelty of the tournament, but he has done enough merit to be in it. “I play with the defender who is making the most difference along with Mariezkurrena throughout the summer season and I will try to help him as much as possible to see if we achieve great things,” said the man from Ezcaray.
Altuna plays, Laso is doubt
The Amezketa striker yesterday afternoon gave the go-ahead for his return to the courts after the test held in Idiazabal. He has needed almost three weeks to recover from the rupture of fibers that he suffered in the biceps of his right leg. “Although at first I was a little scared, we have had a strong training session and in the end the sensations have been good and I am confident,” he said. On Sunday he will play the play-off of the CaixaBank Masters in Hondarribia and will have another match before competing in Logroño, so he will arrive grounded. “I have always played very comfortably at Adarraga because it has a great atmosphere. I have played three finals and they are very nice days », he explained.
In the second group will be Jaka and Mariezkurrena II, a couple to take into account given the summer that Berriozar’s defender is signing. He has won four of the five tournaments. «Last year I played the summit clash in Logroño so I want to enjoy myself to try to reach it again. Winning the tournament would be the best », he stressed. His rivals will be Ezkurdia and Rezusta and, initially, Laso-Albisu.
The one from Bizkarreta-Gerendiain is doubtful. He is awaiting the results of the MRI to which he underwent yesterday afternoon in Vitoria after suffering a slip due to the liquid that was on the ground on Wednesday in the game he played at the Ordizia fronton. He went into the backcourt trying to return a hook and hurt his left hip. Today at noon the results of the test will be known.
The San Mateo Fair
Day 18. Urrutikoetxea-Imaz against Darío Zabaleta (5 p.m.).
19th day. Ezkurdia-Rezusta versus Jaka-Mariezkurrena II (19.15).
day 20. Altuna-Martija with the defeated on the 18th (19.15).
Day 21. Laso-Albisu against the losers of the 19th (19.15).
Day 22. Altuna III-Martija against the winners of the 18th (19.15).
Day 23. Laso-Albisu against the winners of the 19th (9:30 p.m.).
Day 24. Business Challenge (17.30).
Day 25. End (17 hours).
Sopela today hosts the final of the shovel summer circuit
The Sopela pediment hosts this afternoon (7:30 p.m.) the final of the Pala Tour circuit that has been held throughout the summer. Fusto and Ibai Pérez face Necol and Urrutia. They have been the four paddlers who have added the most points throughout the five tournaments that were held in Armintza, Plentzia, Deba, Hossegor and Bilbao during the last two months.
The Frenchman and the man from Armintza already showed at the end of August at the Bizkaia fronton what they are capable of whatever the day may be, so the Argentine and the man from Sestao are going to have to tread very thinly if they want to stand up to them. Gaubeka-Gordon will face Maldonado-Del Río for third place in the competition. The first start as favorites.
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