Cover photo by WSL/Smorigo 

Costa Rican Brisa Hennessy secured her seventh quarterfinal of the season today in Saquarema, where the Río Pro is being contested.

Four days of waiting were necessary for the event to start, which finally had acceptable waves by Brazilian standards.

Hennessy did not start well, losing to Luana Silva in her debut and having to face Sophia Medina in the elimination round.

In one of the slowest sets of the day, Hennessy managed to find a couple of waves that gave him 8,5, which was well above Medina's 6,6.

Now the Costa Rican will face local sharpshooter Tatiana Weston Webb in the quarterfinals.

This is Brisa's seventh quarter-final in eight stages this season. She suffered an eardrum injury in the only event she did not make it to the quarter-finals (Portugal, stage 3).

Below are the full results of the day:
Women's Round 1
SERIES 1: Sawyer Lindblad (USA) 11.77 BEAT Johanne Defay (FRA) 10.60, Molly Picklum (AUS) 7.00
SERIES 2: Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA) 9.66 BEAT Taina Hinckel (BRA) 5.67, Caitlin Simmers (USA) 5.30
SERIES 3: Caroline Marks (USA) 11.67 BEAT Bettylou Sakura Johnson (HAW) 5.26, Sophia Medina (BRA) 4.83
SERIES 4: Luana Silva (BRA) 11.16 BEAT Brisa Hennessy (CRC) 9.70, Gabriela Bryan (HAW) 9.30

Men's Round 1
SERIES 1: Ethan Ewing (AUS) 12.87 BEAT Connor O'Leary (JPN) 8.83, Cole Houshmand (USA) 7.50
SERIES 2: Seth Moniz (HAW) 12.40 BEAT Kanoa Igarashi (JPN) 11.30, Griffin Colapinto (USA) 7.70
SERIES 3: Jack Robinson (AUS) 12.87 BEAT Ryan Callinan (AUS) 11.23, Samuel Pupo (BRA) 8.30
SERIES 4: Ramzi Boukhiam (MAR) 10.30 BEAT Joao Chianca (BRA) 10.27, John John Florence (HAW) 8.10
SERIES 5: Jordy Smith (RSA) 10.40 BEAT Barron Mamiya (HAW) 10.10, Imaikalani deVault (HAW) 7.17
SERIES 6: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 14.93 BEAT Rio Waida (INA) 12.60, Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA) 6.87
SERIES 7: Italo Ferreira (BRA) 14.50 BEAT Crosby Colapinto (USA) 13.94, Liam O'Brien (AUS) 8.50
SERIES 8: Yago Dora (BRA) 13.60 BEAT Matthew McGillivray (RSA) 11.33, Jake Marshall (USA) 7.73

Women's elimination round
SERIES 1: Caitlin Simmers (USA) 12.50 BEAT Taina Hinckel (BRA) 12.00
SERIES 2: Molly Picklum (AUS) 12.23 BEAT Bettylou Sakura Johnson (HAW) 6.90
SERIES 3: Brisa Hennessy (CRC) 8.50 BEAT Sophia Medina (BRA) 6.60
SERIES 4: Gabriela Bryan (HAW) 10.84 BEAT Johanne Defay (FRA) 4.06

Men's elimination round
SERIES 1: John John Florence (HAW) 12.34 BEAT Joao Chianca (BRA) 7.13
SERIES 2: Rio Waida (INA) 12.70 BEAT Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA) 11.07
SERIES 3: Griffin Colapinto (USA) 12.50 BEAT Samuel Pupo (BRA) 11.97
SERIES 4: Liam O'Brien (AUS) 10.66 BEAT Barron Mamiya (HAW) 7.50

VIVO Rio Pro Presented by Corona Men's Elimination Round Matchups (Series 5 - 8):
SERIES 5: Jake Marshall (USA) vs. Connor O'Leary (JPN)
SERIES 6: Cole Houshmand (USA) vs. Matthew McGillivray (RSA)
SERIES 7: Crosby Colapinto (USA) vs. Imaikalani deVault (HAW)
SERIES 8: Kanoa Igarashi (JPN) vs. Ryan Callinan (AUS)

VIVO Rio Pro Presented by Corona Women's Quarterfinal Matchups:
SERIES 1: Caroline Marks (USA) vs. Sawyer Lindblad (USA)
SERIES 2: Brisa Hennessy (CRC) vs. Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA)
SERIES 3: Caitlin Simmers (USA) vs. Luana Silva (BRA)
SERIES 4: Molly Picklum (AUS) vs. Gabriela Bryan (HAW)