Erkiaga and Zabala, champions

The first edition of the Jai Alai Winter Series with a total success among the fans who have followed him from the same Jai Alai pediment of Gernika and from their homes through ETB1 and eitb.eus.

In the vicinity of the fronton there have been long queues to enter the Jai Alai and the stands were packed with a spectacular atmosphere to live live victory for the couple Erkiaga and Zabala (7-15 and 12-15).

The beginning of the blues Erkiaga and Zabala has been overwhelming with a 0-4 in favor helped by the many failures of Goikoetxea-Aimar. The score has gone to a surprising 1-9. In the final stretch of the set the colorados have improved and made up the result until the final 7-15.

In the second set the first goal, however, was from the Colorados Goikoetxea and Aimar (1-0) and the goals were shared between them (3-3). Goikoetxea has begun to dominate in its area and the Colorados have shown their best side (7-7).

Aritz Erkiaga has delighted the fans with a spectacular two walls from number seven leaving the game almost sentenced (9-12).

The blues were not the ones in the first set, but they managed to stay ahead on the scoreboard until the end of the match (12-15).

DATA SHEET

Iñaki Osa Goikoetxea-Aimar Aldazabal (red) vs. Aritz Erkiaga-Jon Zabala (blue):

1st SET: 0-4, 1-4, 1-11, 4-11, 4-12, 5-12, 5-13, 6-13, 6-14, 7-14 and 7-15.

2nd SET: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-3, 3-5, 4-5, 4-7, 5-7, 6-7, 7-7, 7-8, 7 -9, 8-9, 8-10, 9-10, 9-11, 9-13, 10-14, 12-14 and 12-15.

The Jai Alai of Gernika

CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

ERKIAGA-ZABALA vs BARANDIKA-LEKERIKA: 12-15, 15-14 and 5-3.

ARBE-LOPEZ vs. BEASKOETXEA-ALDAZABAL: 11-15 and 9-15.

OLHARAN-ETCHETO vs. ERKIAGA-ZABALA: 12-15 and 8-15.

GOIKOETXEA-AIMAR vs. BEASKOETXEA-ALDAZABAL: 15-12 and 15-7.

BARANDIKA-LEKERIKA vs. OLHARAN-ETCHETO: 15-13, 11-15 and 2-5.

GOIKOETXEA-AIMAR vs ARBE-LOPEZ: 15-10, 8-15 and 3-5.

1st SEMIFINAL

ERKIAGA-ZABALA vs. BEASKOETXEA-ALDAZABAL: 15-7, 10-15 and 5-1.

2nd SEMIFINAL

GOIKOETXEA-AIMAR vs. OLHARAN-ETCHETO: 15-10, 8-15 and 5-2.

FINAL

GOIKOETXEA-AIMAR vs. ERKIAGA-ZABALA: 7-15 and 12-15.