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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Main Nue Tournament--Trophee de la Rune

Trophee de la Rune (Trinquet d'Ascain), Ascain, May 21, 28, 2016. Sources: Pelotelive.free.fr and Esku Pilota. The pelotefree.live.fr site has scores and video for the entire tournament in one place. This was a singles tournament with two semi-finals played the first week and the final the next.

Final:

Ducassou defeated Guichandut 40-19 on May 28, 2016

Match article: (Source: Esku Pilota)

MY ARTICLE: Match summary and comparison between singles Mano and Main Neu

Decade linescore: 8-2; 12-8; 20-10; 27-13; 33-17

Full Match Video (Source: Esku Pilota Youtube site)

Semi-finals:

Guichandut defeated Bilbao 40-30 on May 21, 2016

Decade linescore: 10-4; 20-9; 30-26; 40-30

Ducassou defeated Amulet (substituting for Larralde) 40-19 on May 21, 2016

Decade linescore: 10-7: 20-10: 30-15

Match Stories for both matches (Source: Esku Pilota)

Both semifinals were fairly easy victories, Guichandut pulling away from a challenge in the middle of the match (Bilbao had closed to 27-26). Ducassou pulled further away as the match progressed.