Elordi and Zabaleta have won a huge victory in the Couples Championship after defeating Altuna and Ezkurdia 21-22. They have turned the score against 18-13, and the last time the match was decided was spectacular!
Alegia's striker ended last Saturday's match in San Sebastian with pain in his left hand. Agirre will replace Peña in the Serie B tournament.
After half the first phase of the Couples Championship, the classification is in full swing. Altuna-Ezkurdia, Larrazabal-Mariezkurrena, Zabala-Martija, Elordi-Zabaleta, Jaka-Iztueta and Artola-Imaz are tied with four victories.
Jokin Altuna and Joseba Ezkurdia have won 22-15 for Peio Etxeberria and Beñat Rezusta in the match that closed the eighth day of the Couples Championship.
The winners went back 10 and 15 in a crazy game, thanks to a partial of 11 and 0. The second part of the meeting was exciting. It was a huge fight between the backers, and Jaka was more right in his remates.
2025 has been a perfect year for the pelotari Enara Gaminde, so she has received a warm tribute in her village, Laukiz.
Zabala and Martija have added their fourth win by defeating Elordi and Zabaleta 15-22. This is the longest game played so far, and the one with the most balls, with a total of 861 balls counted.
Laso and Albisu have won their seventh win in the Couples Championship by defeating Artola and Imaz 12-22. The couple who lead the tournament have been brilliant and, although they have struggled to score the last so much, they have finally pocketed the victory.
After four consecutive defeats in the Couples Championship, Aspe's couple have started the year well, beating Jaka and Iztueta 22-16.
The Baiko couple have six wins in the seven contested days and, after the first round of the league, remain in the first place. In the match played at Astelena, they have been ahead on the scoreboard, but in the end they have had to suffer until they get the point.
Laso and Albisu were winning 5-4, when the tenth both of the match was in play, when Javi Zabala made a good run, but Jon Ander Albisu picked it up brilliantly and the four pelotaris played a spectacular amount, and in the end the blues took it.
On the 1st of January, Astelena, there was a rarity: before the match between Laso-Albisu and Zabala-Martija began, the badge that was to determine which couple was going to make the first outlet stood and had to be thrown out again.
Javi Zabala and Julen Martija have scored their third point in the Couples Championship, in the Adarraga, in a tough match, in which they beat Erik Jaka and Martxel Iztueta 20-22.
Peio Etxeberriand Rezusta have won 22-19 for Larrazabal and Mariezkurrena II on the fronton of Barañain.
The rivalry, very equal from beginning to end, has been resolved in the final many thanks to the push of Etxeberria and Rezusta, who have broken the balance in the final stretch and won.
Elordi and Zabaleta have shown superiority from the beginning in the match against Artola and Imaz (6-22) at the Astelena de Eibar.
The companies have released two videos in which the pelotaris wish the fans happiness for Christmas and the new year.
This Friday, in Etxebarri, and on Sunday in Sopelana, the couples championship will begin. Alize Sagardui, 14, will debut as a couple with champion Enara Gaminde.
After the test he had in the morning, the great champion of Laukiz arrived at EITB. He is the first pelotari to win the Four and Half and the Couples in the same year.
Unai Laso and Jon Ander Albisu are strong in the Couples, who have only lost one game out of five. This time, too, they have won with great authority, beating Elordi and Zabaleta 11-22 .
In the Serie B Couples Championship match, Jon Ander Peña has claimed to have held himback and got rid of him.
