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00:00Jenin!
00:08Number 48, Cabrera!
00:19Number 12, Ron!
00:24Number 28, Lalu!
00:39Number 21, Urrutia!
00:46And the captain, number 87, Aratz!
01:00And now the home team, the Cyclones!
01:06From Nashville, Tennessee, number 37, Rock!
01:16From Miami, Florida, number 22, Bueno!
01:29From San Diego, California, number 23, Ikeda!
01:39From Vitoria in the Basque Country, number 44, Amigarena!
01:53From Marquina in the Basque Country, number 69, Iñaki!
02:02And the captain from Saison de Luz, France, number 17, Manu!
02:20And with that, the players salute you, the fans, and we are ready to begin tonight's game day.
02:28It should be a good one to start off the game day.
02:31There's the serve, we begin.
02:34Here's the backhand by Rock.
02:37Rebote, rebound off the back wall, played low and hard by Jenin.
02:44Rebote forehand to the outside.
02:47Rock gets there, avoids the cage, forehand play on the return.
02:52Here's Ron from the 12 line.
02:58Rock over the top.
03:02Ball is missed in the backcourt. First point of this match goes to Ikeda and Rock.
03:08Without Ron's backcourt support.
03:11Great decision to make it 3-1 early on to this match.
03:17Oh, what a tough one.
03:18Good catch by Ron.
03:21Ikeda, backhand to the inside.
03:23Ron advances, takes it in the air.
03:25Powerful backhand high along the overhead screen.
03:29Outside placement. The forehand rebote is out of play.
03:32Two points for Jenin and Ron of the Fireballs.
03:44That one really getting away from Ikeda.
03:46I don't know, he looked down at the floor.
03:48Don't know maybe if he lost his footing as he went to make the throw, but
03:51he's sure handed on those forehand rebotes and he doesn't throw them quite like that.
04:01Ball underserved. Battlecourt rules allow for two serves.
04:05Second serve must be good.
04:06A good serve lands between the forehand seven line.
04:11Play spin along the sidewall and Magareno.
04:13Oh, Arrutia comes flying in up the wall and down with the ball.
04:18Magareno goes deep again. Ron reaching back in the corner.
04:22This one even closer to the numbers and Magareno steps out of the way.
04:25Naki saves the rebote. It's tipped by Arrutia.
04:32Gets the Cyclones on the board.
04:36Arrutia reaching in to try to make that catch.
04:41Ron just ducks out of the way. Diving save.
04:44Magareno hauls it off and saves it on the backhand.
04:47Ron from the ten line. Low bullet.
04:49Oh, Inaki switches to the forehand.
04:51Rips it inside. Cut off by Ron.
04:59That one kicking up. Arrutia to the inside.
05:02Well placed. Better catch by Magareno.
05:04He sends another one wall to wall.
05:06Here's the rebote. Two wall. That is too low.
05:11Caught the top of the pad. Any part of the pad is bad.
05:13Five points. Possible set point.
05:18Arrutia serves. The match begins.
05:22Here's the backhand by Manu to the inside. Caught in the air.
05:25High at the twelve line by Arrutia.
05:35Manu from the eleven.
05:37Rebote. Left side by Arrutia. Back to the inside.
05:41Big bounce. Brought down by Manu.
05:47Toe by Arrutia. Does not open. Stopped on the forehand by Manu.
05:50Carom by Manu. Lands in and scores.
05:53Well thrown. Manu with the Cyclones. First up on the board.
05:56On the first set. He serves.
05:58So interested to see what Arrutia's strategy is going to be coming out for this match.
06:02In his last singles against Douglas he was firing shots very early on in the point.
06:07Leaving himself susceptible when he didn't execute quite the way he wanted.
06:11Well that's the case here.
06:28Hard serve. Taken off the wall.
06:30Omega Reina. Opens with the backhand.
06:33Rebote. Two wall. Snapped in to score.
06:36That's two in a row for Lalu.
06:41Lalu has no fear of throwing that two wall.
07:01Hard serve. Crossing the wall. Omega Reina stops it.
07:07Rebote to the inside. Big bounce.
07:09Scooped up on the left side of Omega Reina. He sends it deep.
07:13Dying into the Chula and scoring.
07:16That's a point for Omega Reina. He'll get on the board.
07:21So far in this match we've seen Lalu finishing it off.
07:24There we have...
07:26Looked like Lalu was really going to put a lot of power behind that.
07:30Just didn't get it into his basket first.
07:55Here's Lalu from the 12 line.
07:59Backhand by Omega Reina.
08:02Rebote to the inside. Long run. Omega Reina picked it off the floor with one hand.
08:08Now for Rebote. This one dropping. Omega Reina's on it.
08:11Inside placement will tie it up.
08:16We are at 5-5. This is set point for Omega Reina.
08:20And a possible match point for Lalu.
08:23Omega Reina does a really good job here.
08:25Makes two very good catches.
08:29First one produces a rebote.
08:33And the second one, he winds up like he's throwing a two-all.
08:36Which he's thrown twice before in this match.
08:39That time, back to the inside.
08:41Sold the fish.
08:53Low bullet along the wall. Stopped by Omega Reina.
08:56Backhand return. Lalu into the costado to the inside.
08:59Long run. It's dropping.
09:01And it scores for the win.
09:03Point set and match.
09:05Lalu in straight sets.
09:076-2, 6-5.
09:11Another big day for the Fireballs.
09:12They win 5-1.
09:14Stay tuned for the post game show.
09:16That's coming up momentarily.