Tournoi Ossau Iraty, was played at Trinquet Saint-Andre, Baiona (Bayonne) (1)(2), October 13, 20, and 27th, 2016.
Source for scores (Esku Pilota Results page (scroll to dates)
Video source: Esku Pilota Youtube site
* Not listed at the Esku Pilota player pages at present
Semi-finals:
October 13, 2016
Elgart-Lucu* defeated Monce-Iturbe* 40-35
October 20, 2016
Aguirre-Lazcano defeated Inchauspe-Benesse* 40-24
Final:
October 27, 2016
Aguirre-Lazcano defeated Elgart-Lucu* 40-39.
Full match video
Since there were no match statistics available, I created my own.
Number of balls in play: 921
Number of balls in play: number of points
0-9: 41
10-19: 24
20-29: 10
30-39: 3 (including one that was replayed because Lucu accidently hit Aguirre in the back of the head with a shot)
40+: 2
Longest point: 47 balls in play (14-3 to 15-3)
Scoring (my subjective judgments, yours may be different).
Aguirre +20 (including 7 service aces) -1; Lazcano +10 -3
Elgart +18 (including 6 service aces) -5; Lucu +17 -5
Though not contested by the stars of the Esku Pilota roster, this was one of the most dramatic and entertaining matches played this year. Consider:
Equalities: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39
Lead changes: 8 (the first at 23-24, the last at 38-37).
Decade scores: (winners always listed first): 9-1, 15-5, 20-10, 23-17, 25-25, 31-29, 35-35
Full condensed linescore (winners always listed first):
2-0; 2-1; 12-1; 12-3; 15-3; 15-6; 16-6; 16-8; 19-8; 19-10; 20-10; 20-14; 22-14; 22-17; 23-17; 23-24; 25-24; 25-26; 27-26; 27-28; 31-28; 31-31; 32-31; 32-32; 35-32; 35-36; 36-36; 36-37; 38-37; 38-38; 39-38; 39-39; 40-39
Sometimes "small" matches can be great matches. This was such a case.
Cedric Lucu played especially well (even though his error decided the match).
MY ARTICLE: Cedric Lucu, 17 winners, point by point
