Peio Etxeberria and Beñat Rezusta look to the second round with optimism after achieving their first victory in the Couples Championship last night in Barañain. … Suffered despite being ahead on the scoreboard from the first goal to the last. However, the threat of the fourth consecutive comeback by Larrazabal and Mariezkurrena II was planned until the last goal, the product of a volley by the Zenotz striker.
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Play time
69 minutes and 49 seconds. -
Good shots:
534 -
So many serve
Peio Etxeberria, 1. Larrazabal, 1. -
Serving faults
Peio Etxeberria, 0. Larrazabal, 0. -
So many at stake
Peio Etxeberria, 13. Rezusta, 0. Larrazabal, 5. Mariezkurrena, 5. -
so many lost
Peio Etxeberria, 5. Rezusta, 3. Larrazabal, 4. Mariezkurrena, 4. -
Marker
6-0, 6-2, 8-2, 8-7, 9-7, 9-8, 11-8, 11-9, 15-9, 15-10, 17-10, 17-15, 19-15, 19-16, 20-16, 20-18, 21-18, 21-19 y 22-19. -
Exit odds
100 to 80 in favor of Larrazabal and Mariezkurrena II. 60 to 100 below. -
incidences
Full at the Retegi de Barañain fronton. 650 spectators. People standing. Cold. The pelotaris took advantage of intermissions between now and then to warm their hands on the heaters.
More than about the Barañain match, which was very worked on by the four protagonists, one can write about the two-wall contest led by Peio Etxeberria and Jon Mariezkurrena. The Cuatro y Medio champion signed six, all left-handed. Berriozar’s defender responded with two, both from the right. One and the other embarked on a give and take to see who could execute it better and in the process served to get closer to 22.
Etxeberria began to raise the bar with four masterfully executed. Mariezkurrena responded with two house marks, the second at 17-14. The best remained to be seen. With 20-18 on the scoreboard they played a bit terrifying. They defended a lot, attacked as much as possible, Mariezkurrena covered many meters and hit 114 balls. In the last one, Etxeberria took off two walls of air with his left foot: 21-18. Surprising and mathematical. Definitive in the end, although the blues once again came within two goals, 21-19.
Rezusta defended his field tooth and nail and was formidable near the rebound wall. Etxeberria contributed more in attack than in previous days. The bottom couple appreciated it.
