First win for Gonzalez-Zubieta as Arretxe-Begino stumble

Monday 7^th January, Tolosa
GONZALEZ – ZUBIETA beat ARRETXE II – BEGINO 22-6

Sebastian Gonzalez and Aitor Zubieta took their first win of the championship last night as Iker Arretxe and Aritz Begino reverted to their 2012 form. The least impressive partnership of last year’s championship had started this one more brightly, having troubled Xala and Barriola before beating Berasaluze and Albisu, but this was a heavy blow. Gonzalez played well, sending winners to all corners, and Zubieta was solid and accurate, but it was the mistakes of Begino which characterised the game. The defender had a jour sans and there was little Arretxe, also off form, could do to dig him out of his self-imposed hole. Gonzalez and Zubieta move up to 5^th, while Arretxe and Begino are 7^th.

Scoring sequence: 0-1/1/7-1/7-2/15-2/15-3/17-3/17-6/22-6
Winners/errors: Gonzalez 12/4, Arretxe 1/4, Zubieta 0/1, Begino 0/6
Balls hit: 378
Match time: 48 minutes

Aitor Zubieta: solid

Three weeks into the championship, with all this week’s matches completed, the table looks like this:

	Pair	Played	Won	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff
1	Bengoetxea VI-Beroiz	3	3	0	66	61	5
2	Martinez de Irujo-Zabaleta	3	2	1	65	52	13
3	Olaizola II-Ibai Zabala	3	2	1	63	51	12
4	Xala-Barriola	3	2	1	64	53	11
5	Gonzalez-Zubieta	3	1	2	59	50	0
6	Titin III-Merino II	3	1	2	55	64	-9
7	Arretxe II-Begino	3	1	2	42	64	-22
8	Berasaluze VIII-Albisu	3	0	3	56	66	-10