Mettle is not among Amaia Aldai’s virtues on the pitch. We have seen him more than once enter into negative dynamics that undermine her game. Perhaps confident in greater physical power, she did not even ask for a single break despite the fact that the final was going through channels that did not interest her.
Playing time: 32 minutes and 8 seconds.
Good shots: 154.
Tantos de saque: Aldai, 2. Gaminde, 4.
Service fouls: Aldai, 0. Gaminde, 1.
So many at stake: Aldai, 3. Gaminde, 10.
Tantos perdidos: Aldai, 8. Gaminde, 7.
Score: 1-0, 1-3, 3-3, 3-10, 6-10, 6-11, 7-11, 7-12, 8-12, 8-14, 11-14, 11-21, 13-21 and 13-22.
Botilleros: Mikel Atutxa directed Aldai and Aimar Gaminde directed his sister Enara.
Incidents: Jesús Suárez, general director of Bankoa ABANCA, drew the first serve. It was for Aldai.
Playing in the fourth consecutive final in a four and a half tournament that you have already won twice should give peace of mind to the pelota player who defends the txapela. It is not the case. Aldai entered a labyrinth whose exit he did not find. The serve barely worked for him, with which he was on the verge of committing a foul two or three times as he exceeded the three line by centimeters. He tried serving from wide from 9-14. He advanced his position six times to take away Gaminde’s first shots. These operations were not successful in changing the course of the game and the match.
Gaminde, on the other hand, demonstrated a calmness more typical of Aldai’s 23 years than his 16 years. There are virtues that are carried within. He made a handful of mistakes. However, they did not influence his approach and his work.
Gaminde’s serve and forehand caused Aldai to stumble, whose commitments were piling up. This noon at 12:00 he will compete in the final of the Emakume Master Cup of this same distance at the Ezkurdi in Durango against Goiuri Zabaleta, a Leitzarra who was knocked out of this tournament by the new Bankoa ABANCA-DV champion in the semifinals at the Astelena in Eibar.
Gaminde closed the final with a two-wall, the second of the morning for her, finishing off the 13-22 victory. She also liked the left-handed cut to the width of 3-8 and the right response towards the txoko while diving to the ground to reach a left-footed cut from Aldai at 8-13, in a delicate moment in the final.
She based the victory on the power of her forehand, with which she overwhelmed her rival, and on a refined technique with the serve. Many professionals would want it for themselves. He bounces the ball very high on the four, which allows him to advance in the race to the three, where he connects the shot. He handles both hands and has already knocked several times. One more for the cause.
2023-12-17 00:00:00
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