HEGOALDE (SPAIN)--EREMAN! MARKINA GRAND SLAM--ROUND 1 RESULTS AND MATCH ARTICLES TRANSLATED BY GOOGLE ENGLISH Posted on June 10, 2023 at 10:05:24 PM by jsolo
GOOGLE ENGLISH TRANSLATION #1 (Jai Alai News Facebook)
‼️LEKERIKA "TAKES OUT THE GUN" AT UNI DE MARKINA!
📸Take it!
1️⃣ERKIAGA-IBARLUZEA vs BARANDIKA-BASQUE: 8-15, 13-15
2️⃣ARBE-LEKERIKA vs OLHARAN-ZABALA: 12-15, 15-7, 5-3
What an atmosphere at the University! On the first day of the Grand Slam, the records of the last edition have been surpassed. The wave has already passed. This is not the wave. It is new public that moves to see Jai Alai. Erkiaga, Ibarluzea, Barandika and Basque have kicked off the championship. Group A match in which Xabi Barandika and Thibault Basque have shown themselves to be very, very solid. The man from Gernikarra has been established at that level for some time. Bidarte's defender is on the right track. Thibault has played an extraordinary match against a couple that perhaps has lacked more communication.
At the beginning of the match, Ibarluzea brought difficult balls, either wide or early on the bounce. But Aritz has played forced. He has been forced to enter balls that are too far behind and risk more than he should in attack. On the other hand, the couple in front of them did not show any cracks. They have been solid in the first set. They have started to gain a three-four goal advantage (3-6, 4-8, 5-11) and Barandika has sentenced the first joko of txik-txak. The Gernikarra has released good rebounds from the right and has defended the txoko very well.
In the second set, Erkiaga and Ibarluzea were still trailing but after trailing 3-7 they have reached a tie at nine. Two good hits from Ibarluzea and the fifth pass from Barandika opened the possibilities for the tiebreaker. It hasn't been like that. The blues have not lost focus at any time and have sentenced the game without conceding any set: 8-15, 13-15. Despite the defeat, the artist from Ispaster has given us a rebounding two-waller from frame eight and another two-waller from the side, very marked, from the same position.
In the second game, the four pelotaris have gone out to the fronton with the diver on. Fast and fast paced game. So fast that in the 5-4 goal Zabala received a good hit from the ball hit the rebound wall. He has given her very few centimeters from the most painful area. Everything has been scared. Olharan, very plugged in, set the tone of the game and surprised with several two walls thrown to the side. Arbe brought the Colorados within three goals (9-12). He has scored on the reverse court, to leave the soft-soft ball on top of the txapa in the txoko. impressive. Even so, the blues have not let the set escape (12-15).
The second game did not start well for Olharan and "Bullet" Zabala. The latter has missed three balls in a row. He had broken his basket ring. 5-2, new tool and start over. Bad moment. The ball was already getting alive and Lekerika, who has barely missed throughout the game, has shone on his right. The blues had trouble getting to their balls and Arbe was not wrong in the shot. With the new basket, Zabala has missed some free balls and after 15-7, the blues have gone to the tiebreaker with lost confidence.
Still, Olharan goes on the attack. He shoots cut and both (1-0). He looks for a ball to go in for the kill, but fails (1-1). Leke takes out the right and throws an impressive pitch to txik-txak (2-1). Olharan goes on the attack again, Arbe makes a cut that is almost past, Olharan attacks again, Arbe takes another ball that seemed impossible, a difficult basket by Jean Do and the Pau striker ties the game again (2-2). Will the blues turn around? No. There's Leke with his charged right. He releases with force and intention. He makes the blues dance. He is a cowboy with a gun, toying with his unarmed adversaries. 5-3.
Today's winners repeat next week.
📅Friday, from 8:00 p.m.:
ALEX GOITIA-LOPEZ vs BARANDIKA-BASQUE
GOIKOETXEA-ATAIN vs ARBE-LEKERIKA
Deia (Castilian)
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GOOGLE ENGLISH TRANSLATION #2
Barandika-Basque and Arbe-Lekerika strike first in the Markina Grand Slam
They defeat Aritz Erkiaga-Ibarluzea and Olharan-Zabala on the first day of the Markina-Xemein Grand Slam, the second scoring event of the Jai Alai World Tour
Igor G. Vico NTM
BILBAO | 06 10 23 | 08:09 | Updated at 08:22
The Markina-Xemein Grand Slam of punta basket, the second scoring round of the Jai Alai World Tour , began this Friday in style. Luxurious atmosphere in the stands of La Pelota University. Barandika-Basque and Arbe-Lekerika struck first and added their first wins in the quarterfinals.
Igor G. Vico
In the first clash of the evening, Xabier Barandika and Thibault Basque showed the solidity of their proposal. Bidarte's defender was superb with a teammate who is giving a good example of his enormous level. They defeated Aritz Erkiaga and the local Ion Ibarluzea in two jokos (8-15 and 13-15).
In the first set, the striker from Gernikarra and the bodyguard from La Purtarra avoided the Ispaster champion, forced to enter the auction. In the second set, although the blues managed advantages of up to 3-7 , there was a hug to nine that opened the possibility of a third joko tiebreaker. It was a mirage. Barandika and Basque followed their own and took the cat to the water .
In the second game of the show there was more pepper and emotion. Jean Olharan and Jon Zabala started plugged into a joko with a lot of rhythm. The defender was hit by a ball, but everything was left in a scare. The Blues were placed 12-15.
Jokin Arbe and Unai Lekerika responded in the second. Zabala made three errors with the broken basket. They were 5-2. The powerful defender from Gernika, meanwhile, brought out the power on the right . The local puntillero also sharpened the scalpel. Perfect storm. The Colorados healed the wound: 15-7 . After the global equalizer, the tiebreaker was the kingdom of Lekerika. It came up 5-3.
