Erkiaga-Ibarluzea and Elaia-Ihart advance to the final of the Iron Cup
Euskaraz irakurri: Erkiaga-Ibarluzea eta Elaia-Ihart, Iron Cup txapelketako lehen finalistak
The couple formed by Aritz Erkiaga and Ion Ibarluzea has obtained the ticket for the final of the master Bilbao Jai Alai Iron Cup after beating Alex Goitia and Thibault Basque in the first semifinal that was played this afternoon at the Deportivo Bilbao fronton. In the women’s semi-final, they won Elaia Gogenola and Ihart Arakistain.
The men’s semi-final began very competitively, but, as the minutes passed, Goitia and Basque, who offered a great level, took advantage on the scoreboard and won the first set. 12-15.
However, Goitia committed five service faults in the first game, the maximum number of infractions that a player can commit in the entire match, which has conditioned the rest of the match. Thus, Erkiaga and Ibarluzea have managed to prevail 15-10 in the second set, and in the third game they did not give their rivals any options: 5-2.
Erkiaga and Ibarluzea will face in the grand final on June 7 the winning couple of the semifinal that Thomas Urrutia and Julen del Rio will play next Friday against Mikel Mancisidor and Ludovic Laduche.
In the women’s semi-final, Elaia Gogenola and Ihart Arakistain They have decisively beaten the couple formed by Helena Barrenetxea and Maialen Mendizabal in two sets: 15-10 and 15-6.
Their rivals in the Iron Cup final will emerge from the second semifinal that will be played next Friday by Erika Mugartegi and Frida Watkins against Maite Ortiz de Mendibil and Arai Lejardi.
Source: Eitb
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