Alonso Correa finished fifth in Sydney and moved into the top 20
The Peruvian guaranteed his best result of the year, Giorgi finished ninth and was one step away from the top 50 and Tudela remained in the top 10
Peruvian Alonso Correa today closed an excellent campaign on the waves of Manly Beach, Sydney, where he placed fifth in a 6.000m tournament that gave him the best result so far this year, earning 2650 points that placed him in 14th position in the ranking.
Correa was unable to defeat the ranking leader, Jadson André of Brazil, in the quarter-finals, who beat him 15 to 11,40.
After having lost one at the Noronha event and in Newcastle, the Peruvian finally regained the form with which he finished the year in 2018.
Another good result came from Uruguayan Marco Giorgi, who finished ninth and also achieved the best score so far this year, adding 1550 points and now moving up to 51st position in the ranking.
Miguel Tudela, on the other hand, despite having the worst result of the year with his third round in Manly, still managed to stay in the top 10, only dropping one place to sixth position.
The event was won by Jordy Lawler of Australia in the men's category and Alessa Quizon of Hawaii in the women's category.
Complete results:
Men
1: Jordy Lawler
2: Jason Andre
3: Matt Banting and Jesse Mendes
5: Alonso Correa, Stu Kennedy, Hiroto Ohhara and Nicholas Squires
Ladies
1: Alessa Quizon
2: Isabella Nichols
3: Vahine Fierro and Malia Manuel
5: Keely Andrew, Tatiana Weston, Sara Wakita and Mahina Maeda
The tour continues in Peru, next week the QS 3000 Claro Open Pro Copa Tubos begins in Señoritas, Punta Hermosa.
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