Sagardui and Gaminde, champions of couples
Alize Sagardui and Enara Gaminde, champions of the 2026 Women's Master Cup Couples, have dominated Goizueta's forward and Laukiz's zaguero in the grand final against Olatz Arrizabalaga and Arrate Bergara at the Astelena de Eibar, imposing 22-17 .
A balanced and tight finale was planned, which has been seen and enjoyed by spectators approaching the Astelena fronton. It has been no less, as the best striker of the day, Arrizabalaga, and thebest backward, Gaminde, have faced each other.
On the other hand, it has been a generational struggle. Alde the experience and regularity of Arrizabalaga-Bergara , which have been common in the last eliminations; on the other hand, the freshness of Sagardui, who is only 14 years old, and the solidity of Gaminde.
Gaminde has not made a good start to the final, with two consecutive mistakes. Gorrietan the baton of command has been taken over by the Laukiz Zaguero, who has taken over the pair's sleeve. So, after tying three, they have put the red ones on the marker with a partial of five (8-3).
From that point on, there have been slight differences in the scoreboard between them, at most three times (11-8). But Enara Gaminde has clearly prevailed in yesterday's paintings, and six in a row have been the red couples (14-8).
The Blue Grains got the final uphill with 18-9 Jahead of Sagardui and Gaminde.
Then came the reaction of the blue couple, with two from Olatz Arrizabalaga(20-13). The blues refused to give up, thanks to thecourage of Gernika's forward, in the final stretch, they managed to approach four on the scoreboard (21-17.)
In the end, the cap has not escaped Sagardui and Gaminde, who have won 22-17 .
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