Mundial Individual 2017, the premier InnPala singles tournament began January 14, 2017. It is a single elimination, seeded ladder tournament that involves the entire InnPala roster. The short court tournament will be played Bizkaia Fronton, Bilbo (Bilbao) (1)(2). Two matches will be played every weekend. Seeding, from low to high: Brefel and Imanol; Ibai-Perez and Ibargarai (quarter finals); Fusto and Gaubeka (semi-finals). For more on the tournament see the tournament page at InnPala. The final will be played February 10.
Preview article (mundodeportivo.com)
Preview article (Naiz)
The articles note that Fusto is the favorite, seeded in at the semi-final level, having won all 5 of the finals played at Bizkaia (2012-16). He also won in 2009. If he wins this tournament, he will equal Oscar Insausti's record of 7 singles championships. The articles also note that Esteban Gaubeka, last year's runner up, is suffering from shoulder tendinitis, but hopes to be ready to play his first match (seeded in at the semi-final level) on February 4.
January 14, 2014
Unseeded play-in matches
Joko score sources: Diario Vasco Cartelera, January 15, 2017
1. Necol defeated Landeta 3-2 (10-8, 10-8, 8-10, 9-10, 10-6) (47-42)
2. Zubiri defeated Gordon 3-1 (10-7, 2-10, 10-7, 10-5) (32-29)
Note: Both Innpala.com match article links were removed as they were simply overwritten by the match stories from the next week's (January 21) matches without any change of URL. For obvious reasons, I won't be linking to their match stories until this design flaw if fixed. (Removed January 22, 2017).
Match article for both matches (InnPala Fronton Facebook page) (auto translate may be available) (added January 16, 2017)
The favorites won both matches. Necol had a difficult struggle with Landeta but finally prevailed in a match that consumed 89 of a possible 95 points. Outside of a very poor 2nd joko, Zubiri dominated his match. The next matches are on January 21, 2017: Necol v Brefel and Zubiri v Imanol.
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Table of wins and losses for the 2016-2017 season.
Key: Player; Position (d=delantero (front court), z=zaguero (back
court)); match wins-losses; joko (set) wins-losses; winning-losing
streak; championships won. Matches that are single partidos will be
noted. Table will be according to match winning percentage. 1st tie
breaker will be number of wins. 2nd tie breaker will be joko win-loss
differential. We begin the season with La Liga Kutxabank, starting
October 29, 2016.
January 14, 2017
Gaubeka(d)..7-2.....24-15..+2*....1(La Liga)
Zubiri(d)......7-5.....27-20..+2*
Fusto(d)........5-5.....20-21..-2
Necol(d)........5-7....23-28..+1
Landeta(d)....3-7.....17-25..-1
Ibai-Perez(z)..7-3....25-18..+1*....1(La Liga)
Brefel(z).........5-4....20-16..+2
Ibargari(z).....5-6....23-23...-1
Gordon(z)......5-7....21-27...-3
Imanol(z).......3-6....15-22..+1*
Includes Dec. 30, 2016 independent match: Landeta-Imanol defeated
Zuberi--Ibai-Perez 3-1 (10-8, 7-10, 10-9, 10-7) at Bizkaia.
*Does not include the result of Nov.25, 2016 independent match
Gaubeka--Ibai-Perez v Zubiri-Imanol. The result is unknown at this time.
I will add it when I find it.
Includes Nov. 19, 2016 independent match: Zuberi-Ibargari defeated Necol-Gordon 3-0 (10-8, 10-3, 10-9) at Bizkaia.
For cumulative accounting of this player table see the InnPala Player win-loss table under the Pala page on the right side of the blog.
