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Rip Curl Women’s Pro at Bells Beach – Women’s World Champs rule the opening day
The Women’s World Tour hit the water on Wednesday in Victoria, Australia at the 2009 Rip Curl Women’s Pro at Bells Beach. The ladies ran through all of Round 1 in their first day of competition, using a 6 heat, 3 contestant per heat format, where the top two in each heat advance, and the third place finisher has to duke it out in the Round 2 “losers’ round”.
World Champs ruled the day, with seven-time World Champ, Layne Beachley and former World Champ, Chelsea Hedges posting the two highest heat scores of the day. Former World Champ, Sofia Mulanovich ruled her heat, and reigning World Champ, Steph Gilmore easily won hers.
Advancing directly to Round 3 were Aussies, Sally Fitzgibbons, Amee Donohoe, Layne Beachley, Steph Gilmore, Chelsea Hedges and Sam Cornish; South Africa’s Roseann Hodge; Brazilians, Bruna Schmitz, Silvana Lima and Jacqueline Silva; former World Champ, Sofia Mulanovich of Peru, and Hawaiian rookie, Alana Blanchard.
Forced to battle it out in Round 2 are Aussies, Rebecca Woods, Nikki Van Dijk and Jessi Miley-Dyer, New Zealand’s Paige Hareb, and Hawaiians, Coco Ho and Melanie Bartels. At the end of Round 2, only 4 of the 6 contestants will move on to Round 3.
Round 2 will kick off when the event resumes, pitting the third place finishers from Round 1 against one another for a spot in Round 3.
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