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Thursday, September 12, 2019

Main Nue--Tournoi de Sare (September 9, 11, 2019)

Tournoi de Sare (1) (2) (September 9, 11) (Esku Pilota Pro Tour)

Previous results.

2018 Final: Ospital-Bilbao 40 P. Larralde-Iturbe 35 (Pilota Ttiki Youtube condensed full match video

Match article (Esku Pilota)

2017 Final: Monce-Ducassou 40 Waltary-Guichandut 38 (Pilota Ttiki Youtube full match video)

Match article (Pilota Ttiki)

2016: P. Larralde-de Ezcurra 40 Ospital-Bilbao 37 (BLOG POST--scores, match articles, full match videos, selected video highlights.

2015: Ospital-Ducassou 40 L. Lambert-Harismendy 30 (Pelotelive.free.fr) video, final points only (note: click on "desactiver" before watching to disable PFR's auto-refresh feature. Otherwise the clip will stop. 

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2019

This was a 4 team knockout tournament.

September 11

FINAL

Monce-Ducassou 23 (Pilota Ttiki Youtube condensed full match video)

Selected linescore (Pilota Ttikiand Esku Pilota

21-17; 29-21; 38-21; 40-23

Match article (Esku Pilota)
Match article (Pilota Ttiki)

The match was spiced with a bit of controversy. L-H changed balls and then completely took over the match. Ducassou said:

Le matériel ne fait pas tout mais là il a beaucoup pesé. Je trouve dommage qu’on est autant de différence dans le matériel, ça a tué la partie”.

Google Translate:

The equipment is not everything but there it weighed a lot. I find it unfortunate that there is so much difference in the material, it killed the game.

A 9 point 6th decade run by the winners denied M-D their 2nd championship in the last 3 years. 

September 9

Semi-Finals

Note: neither match took longer than an hour to play.

Monce-Ducassou 40 Waltary-Guichandut 21 (Pilota Ttiki Youtube condensed full match video)

Selected linescore (Pilota Ttiki and Esku Pilota)

16-14; 40-21

Partial scoring (Pilota Ttiki)

Monce 11 service aces; Waltary 7

This match featured interesting tactics. Ducassou played up on Waltary's serve, releasing pressure on Monce while keeping down Waltary's number of aces. Monce had to do a lot of running after the service return. Early in the match Waltary and Guichandut also switched positions on Monce's serve after Guichandut had difficulties returning serve early. Waltary has some experience playing in the back, but he too had to do a lot of running after the serve was returned. Later G and W returned to their normal positions.

P. Larralde-Harismendy 40 Ospital-Bilbao 25 (Pilota Ttiki Youtube condensed full match video)

Selected linescore (Esku Pilota and Pilota Ttiki) (winners always listed 1st)

20-8; 21-14; 40-25