The schedule in a nutshell (on a single page) (Cestapunta Facebook)
Matches will be played in sets, two to 15 points. Tie breaker will be to 5. 5 pasas (over serves) will be allowed in the course of a match. More than that, as well as any under serve, will result in a fault.
Note: the cumulative records of all players in these tournaments will be kept at the bottom of each Tournament blog post.
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Play in Tournament
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Play in Tournament
FINAL
July 4, 2019
(15-7, 15-5) (30-12) (St. Jean de Luz Cesta Punta Youtube)
Partial scoring
2nd set only (SJDL CP Youtube)
Hormatxea +6 -1; T. Basque +0 -0
Ithurria +2 -4 D. Ourthe +0 -5
Scoring adds to 15-3
Hormatxea (avant-front) and T. Basque (arriere) advance into the roster for the upcoming tournaments. Hormatxea's next match is scheduled to be in Master 2, with Lekerika v Egiguren and T. Basque.
Match article (cestapunta.com)
This was an unfortunate way to end the tournament. As was hinted at by the match article about the semi-finals, which commented that they seemed to sleep walk through the 2nd set (9-15) before coming back to win, it was always going to be difficult for Ithurria and Portet to survive 2 matches in 3 days after flying to Iparralde (North Basque Country) from Dania Beach Florida and Mexico City respectively. They then had 2 days to prepare. And the task was made even more difficult when Portet had to miss this match with an injury. He was replaced by Daniel Ourthe, a 22 year old promising amateur, but a bit out of his depth, as well as having to come in on short notice. The result was predictable, a dominating win by H-B. Their opponents scored only 12 points in the match. It was also unfortunate in that Ithurria, coming in off an excellent season as a late front at Dania, had his partido season end (?--one never knows, he may show up later as a substitute, either here or in the Hegoalde (South Basque) Jai Alai World Tour) before it could really begin. We hope to see more of him somewhere this summer. H-B could only play the opponents on the concha and this they did, easily moving on.
Semi-finals
July 2, 2019
(15-14, 9-15, 5-3) (34-27) (St. Jean de Luz Cesta Punta Youtube) (set scores corrected July 5, 2019)
Selected linescore (winners always listed first) (cestapunta.com)
1st set
12-12; 12-14; 15-14
Tie breaker
4-1; 4-3; 5-3
Julien Ihitsague, also probably jet lagged after flying in from Mexico City, had this match end precisely as his Fronton Mexico National League Final match ended 2 nights before, with a dropped catch to end a tie-breaker. Ihitsague is a fine player who was a workhorse in Mexico City, and obviously played very well there, coming back from a leg injury suffered when hit by a pelota during a match, to advance to the Final. If you want to know how cruel a game Cesta Punta can be, just ask him.
(15-14, 13-15, 5-4) (33-33) (St. Jean de Luz Cesta Punta Youtube)
Selected linescore (winners always listed first)
Tie breaker:
0-2; 2-2; 2-3; 3-3; 3-4; 5-4
Partial scoring (ICP Youtube)
2nd set only
Hormatxea +7 (including 1 service ace) -3; T. Basque +0 -5
J.Tambourindeguy +7 -2; Urtasun +0 -4
With their backs to the wall in the tie breaker, a Hormatxea chula (directly following an attempted two wall he threw off the concha) and T. Basque passing shot won for H-B.
Match articles for both matches (cestapunta.com)
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Overall ICP record
Key: match w-l; set w-l --(.3=tie breaker), Ts won
P=Play in; M1, M2, M3, M4=Master 1-4; S=SLAM
Avants (fronts)
Hormaetxea; 2-0; 3.3-1; P
Ithurria; 1-1; 1.3-2
Lesbats; 0-1; 1-1.3
J. Tambourindeguy; 0-1; 1-1.3
Arrieres (backs)
T. Basque; 2-0; 3.3-1; P
Portet; 1-0; 1.3-1
(Manex) Urtasun; 0-1; 1-1.3
Ihitsague; 0-1; 1-1.3
D. Ourthe 0-1 0-2
