Starting tomorrow and on 9 Fridays you will be able to enjoy the Grand Slam tip basket at the Jostaldi Fronton in Hondarribia. The 20th edition will be special. In the male category there will be 6 couples and in the female 4 couples. The finals, on 28 August.
In the semi-finals of the Grand Slam of Markina, Erkiaga and Atain beat Goitia and Basque in the Kitta. They won the first set 15-12, lost the second set 14-15, and in the decisive, they won 5-3. They will face the final, Urreisti-Gorka or Txanika-Salegi.
In the female category, Elaia and Arai beat the Winter Series champions Erika and Frida in two sets. They beat 15-11 and 15-12. Lur-Alize or Helena-Maia will face each other in the final.
On the third day of the Grand Slam-Jai Alai League, Txanika and Salegi have needed two sets to beat Urreist and Gorka (8-15 and 14-15). Goitia and Basque have also been imposed in two sets on Javier and Zabala (15-9 and 15-9). In the second set, with 2-1, Goitia has injured her left ankle and since then Basque has taken over the game.
Goixerri is the first txapela to win in the Jai Alai League. In the first game the winners have sent on the scoreboard, but in the final stretch Erkiaga and Gorka have squeezed a lot. In the second game, the losers have been ahead, but in the end the final score has decided.
Alavesista Maite Ortiz of Mendibil and Vizcaíno Maia Goikoetxea have won two games (5-15 and 5-15) and have taken the txapela. The reborn striker Elaia Gojenola and the Mutrikuarra zaguero Oaia Otaño have had no choice.
The summer season will begin on July 2 at the fronton of San Juan de Luz (Lapurdi) and end on September 4 in Pau. Biarritz will also host part of this tournament. The top four pelotaris will play another championship in the United States in a format yet to be determined.
Bixente and Oyhenard have won the Grand Slam of San Sebastian on the fronton Carmelo Balda. After winning the first set 4-15, when the second set was about to end (13-13) Argoitia was injured in the knee and the Txanika Zaguero was unable to finish the final. In the women's final, Erika and Laura beat Lur and Alize in two sets: 7-15 and 4-15.
In thefinal of the Grand Slam of San Sebastian, tied 13-13 in the second set, ￮
After nearly five months off the court due to a serious injury to his elbow, Gernika's striker played again this afternoon. He reappeared in Mungia with Zabala against Goixerri and Lekerika. Barandika and Zabala lost in two games (9-15 and 14-15).
The final to be played on the fronton Karmelo Balda will be offered live by ETB and sports eitb.eus, starting at 5:00 p.m. In the first phase the two couples were in the same group, and then Txanika and Argoitia were imposed.
Xabi Barandika will return to the competition in the Mungia Master Series after four months injured.
The remaining days will be held on Fridays from 7 p.m. In the male category, six couples will compete in two groups: Erkiaga-Atain, Barandika-Ibarluzea, Urreisti-Gorka, Goitia-Basque, Johan-Zabala, and Javier-Argoitia vs Txanika-Salegi.
The Mungia Master Series Top Basket Championship was presented on Monday. Mungia will receive for the first time a competition from the Jai Alai League. It will be played every Thursday from 11 to 25 June. The matches will be broadcast on EITB Media.
In the top basket finals of the AMPO Euskal Herria to the World Championship played in Burgela, Barrenetxea has dominated the female category, beating Arakistain in two sets (15-4 and 15-11), while in the male category Argoitia has defeated Txanika in two sets (15-10 and 15-8).
In the first match, Txanika and Argoitia won against Erik and Aratz. In the first set they lost 10-15, in the second they won 15-13, and in the last set they untied 5-3. In the second, Bixente and Oihenard also needed three sets against Urrutia and Eki. The final score was 10-15, 15-10 and 5-2.
Eñaut Urreistiand Thibault Basquewill play the final of the Iron Cup against Goitia and Gorka after defeating Eñaut Astelarra and Unai Lekerika (15-13 and 15-8) in semi-finals.
Elaia and Eneritz will be the rivals of Ihart and Araiin the final of the Iron Cup after beating Maite and Maialen in two sets (15-10 and 15-14). The match has been very equal, but in the end the details have fallen on the side of Etaia and Eneritz.
In the first match, Astelarra and Lekerika have defeated Libois and Ibarluzea (15-11, 14-15 and 5-2), who will face Urreisti and Basque in semi-finals.
In the second, Goitia and Gorka beat Erkiaga and Manci in two sets (15-11 and 15-8) and will face Johan and Atain in semi-finals.
Urreisti and Basque secure the first place in group A of the Iron Cup after beating Goitia and Gorka 8-15 and 13-15 . In group B, on theother hand, Johan and Ataine achieved the same first by beating Astelarra and Lekerika 5-15 and 8-15 .
The new competition, created for the preparation of the Basque Ball Selection, will bring together about 30 festivals, from 8 May to 7 June, in different localities of the Basque Country.
