A Great Partido?

Biarritz, Final partido of the Gant D'or. Goikoetxea-Alliez vs. Erkiaga-Lopez.
I went last Monday night to Biarritz hoping to see a great partido. I had solid arguments. The two best players of the world, once again, facing each other in a doubles game. It was a final of one of the most preciated trophies of the summer season: The Gant D'or. Sold out audience, a fact that motivates the players. Master Jai Producciones´ cameras all over the place, the partido will be offered August the 31th, on Eurosport for fifteen countries. Besides all that, I had an inner desire to enjoy with the best jai-alai as possible.
Well, as far as the scoreboard concerns nothing to complain about, suspense all over the partido, a rollercoster for both teams. How about the level of play? Did they play as four stars are supposed to performance?
I saw an irregular match. The best plays mixed with mediocre ones. I cannot blame the players for it. Biarritz´s cancha is a difficult place to play. Its front wall is not a natural one, the ball comes out of it fast and unpredictable sometimes, it is like a pitcher in baseball throwing curve balls once in a while deceiving the batter. This kind of frontis is a temptation for two hitters like Goiko and Lopez who, as I saw, tried to "break the front wall". That`s the reason why part of the match became a duet, a contest between the two; Alliez and Erkiaga, in the meantime, with little to say, mute witnesses.
"Shotgun" Lopez was the most regular player. He used both hands artillery harming badly Alliez most of the times, Goiko was the victim also. Biarritz's rebote wall is also as fast as the front, the ball comes out of it much faster than in any other cancha. When Lopez releases his reverse a hundred percent the ball travels faster and faster, more than once Goiko saw balls coming from the rebote flying like migratory birds.Alliez took the worst part. When Erkiaga (Aritz at Miami) played his rebote, the Frenchman felt lost, the curve balls killed him and the chance to win the match. Besides, how can someone that is playing with Goiko can use his right hand more than a dozen times, throwing cortadas and two-carom shots? Alliez, a left-hand player with a poor fore-hand, did it. Amazing. Whether is Goiko's fault for saying nothing about it or Alliez is the kind of autistic player that does anything he pleases.
Playing with Lopez is an easy task for the frontcourter. He dominates, always in command. Twenty-two years old Erkiaga did a fair job. Few mistakes and playing rebote like the best, thanks to the front wall. This young blood is improving and we will see how far he gets. Some already talk of a future super-star. Even though he does things finely, he lacks the power needed to be a super-star. Without power you have to have the skills of a killer like Joey, Inclan or Miami´s Zulaica, former great killers. And Aritz Erkiaga is not either such a great killer.
Final score: Goikoetxea-Alliez 32; Erkiaga-Lopez 35.