Julen Martija

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. 

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.

Larrazabal and Mariezkurrena beat Zabala and Martija 16-22 on the 5th day of the Couples Championship. They started from behind on the scoreboard, but gradually improved their game and the last seven were theirs.

Jokin Altuna and Joseba Ezkurdia have been defeated for the first time in the Couples; in the match played in Barcelona, they have started losing by 0-6.

In the first match of the second day, on Friday night in Basauri, Javi Zabala and Julen Martija have not got off to a good start, with Peio Etxeberria and Beñat Rezusta as rivals, but, in the second part of the match, they have been completely superior.