Give him a fast ball and a great catcher as a back-courter and he'll beat anyone in the world (Goikoetxea permits). His name is Egiguren. Today in Markina, along with Aritz as a partner, they won the Christmas Tournament beating Garcia and Arriaga.
The first part of the partido belonged to Garcia and Arriaga. The balls still pretty slow, good for Garcia who plays a pretty safe game, a low risk kind of play, I mean. A few killing shots except a some cortadas. Arriaga also was playing great, he's not a powerful player, he's already 37 years old, but still The Governador, his nickname while playing in Mexico-- he is a brave pelotari. I love his playing style with both hands, you can not ask for more to a back-courter with his heigh.
However, as you all know, partidos are decided on the second part. Balls get faster and faster, players get adjusted, like horses ready for the final rush. As I said, give him a fast ball and he'll kill you with his rebote and his costado. Egiguren is too much Egi even for the 5 times world amateur champion like Garcia. Even El Governador had to give up and return the key of El Alamo, the partido I mean.
Before this partido another interesting match has taken place at The University. Last year´s World Champion, Foronda, and Konpa played against Zulaika and Hernandez. The forth partido as a pro for Zulaika, eager to win his first professional victory. Well, the young pro will have to wait for another occasion.
For the most part of the game the score has been very tight. Good remates by both front-courters, good catching by the back-courters. Everything indicated that we were about to witnesses a great match. One thought came to my mind at the moment. Why not see this game trough the internet, I mean, isn´t it possible to record it with a handy camera and even if the quality would not be as great as the one offered by industrial televisions, at least give all ove the world people the chance to see it. I f anybody could give me the technical answer I would appreciated.
Foronda and Konpa finally won the game. Their consistency has been the key. Foronda is a professional that really knows what to do and he does it, Konpa is another "old fox" who knows how to keep safe the back part of the cancha.
Zulaika has reasons to be happy. His average level of play has been more than sufficient. It is a great challenge to play against people like Garcia, Foronda and Egi. As Katxin Uriarte said: "what he needs is cancha, hours of cancha. Well, I guess Dania will be the right place for it.
By the way, thanks to all of you for your comments wishing the best to the young Jon Zulaika.
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