Costa Ricans Carlos Muñoz and Brisa Hennessy placed second in their first round heats of the third stage of the CT that began today in Supertubos Portugal.

This result catapulted Carlos directly into the round of 32 and Brisa into the round of 16. While the Costa Rican is waiting for the results of the elimination round to find out who he will face, Hennessy already knows that he will face Sophie McCulloch in the eighth round.

This is the first time they have faced each other.

Muñoz was in the first heat of the day and was quick to put pressure on his rivals, Kelly Slater and Ethan Ewing. With 12 minutes in a 30-minute heat he already created his final score of 8,67 (3,5+5,17). Slater surfed a four-point wave but found no support and on the other side Ewing found bigger waves that he attacked with his characteristic cuts to go through first with 11,1 (5.33+5,77).

For her part, Brisa quickly found a good right in which she combined two turns with an attack at the end and another in which she made a strong single maneuver to add 10,5 (4,83 + 5,67) which was just 0,26 worse than Conlogue's score. In third place in the series was Lakey Peterson, who is always a direct place for the Costa Rican.

Then, in the elimination round, the aforementioned Californian, seventh in the world ranking, was eliminated and became one of the surprises of the event along with the defeat of the 3rd in the ranking, Tyler Wright.

The event is expected to continue tomorrow at Supertubos with a similar forecast to today.

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Full results of the day:

Round of 16
HEAT 1: Molly Picklum (AUS) vs. Isabella Nichols (AUS)
HEAT 2: Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA) vs. Teresa Bonvalot (POR)
HEAT 3: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) vs. Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS)
HEAT 4: Gabriela Bryan (HAW) vs. Courtney Conlogue (USA)
HEAT 5: Carissa Moore (HAW) vs. Yolanda Hopkins (POR)
HEAT 6: Bettylou Sakura Johnson (HAW) vs. Macy Callaghan (AUS)
HEAT 7: Caroline Marks (USA) vs. Caitlin Simmers (USA)
HEAT 8: Breeze Hennessy (CRC) vs. Sophie McCulloch (AUS)

Elimination round
HEAT 1: Caio Ibelli (BRA) vs. Kolohe Andino (USA) vs. Tiago Carrique (FRA)
HEAT 2: Kanoa Igarashi (JPN) vs. Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Frederico Morais (POR)
HEAT 3: Joao Chianca (BRA) vs. Seth Moniz (HAW) vs. Ezekiel Lau (HAW)
HEAT 4: Gabriel Medina (BRA) vs. Callum Robson (AUS) vs. Maxime Huscenot (FRA)

Elimination round results
HEAT 1: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 11.00 DEF. Caitlin Simmers (USA) 10.93, Tyler Wright (AUS) 7.73
HEAT 2: Isabella Nichols (AUS) 11.50 DEF. Gabriela Bryan (HAW) 10.90, Lakey Peterson (USA) 7.17

Women's Round 1 Results
HEAT 1: Teresa Bonvalot (POR) 9.93 DEF. Bettylou Sakura Johnson (HAW) 6.13, Tyler Wright (AUS) 5.37
HEAT 2: Sophie McCulloch (AUS) 11.07 DEF. Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 9.93, Caitlin Simmers (USA) 9.93
HEAT 3: Carissa Moore (HAW) 11.50 DEF. Yolanda Hopkins (POR) 9.30, Isabella Nichols (AUS) 8.57
HEAT 4: Caroline Marks (USA) 10.44 DEF. Molly Picklum (AUS) 9.87, Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 9.03
HEAT 5: Courtney Conlogue (USA) 10.76 DEF. Breeze Hennessy (CRC) 10.50, Lakey Peterson (USA) 7.30
HEAT 6: Macy Callaghan (AUS) 10.37 DEF. Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA) 7.97, Gabriela Bryan (HAW) 7.76

Men's round 1 results 

HEAT 1: Ethan Ewing (AUS) 11.10 DEF. Carlos Munoz (CRC) 8.67, Kelly Slater (USA) 5.10
HEAT 2: Griffin Colapinto (USA) 14.33 DEF. Samuel Pupo (BRA) 11.50, Maxime Huscenot (FRA) 4.40
HEAT 3: Connor O'Leary (AUS) 10.80 DEF. Italo Ferreira (BRA) 9.56, Ezekiel Lau (HAW) 9.30
HEAT 4: Liam O'Brien (AUS) 9.74 DEF. Joan Duru (FRA) 9.44, Caio Ibelli (BRA) 7.60
HEAT 5: Jack Robinson (AUS) 9.17 DEF. Barron Mamiya (HAW) 9.10, Frederico Morais (POR) 8.03
HEAT 6: Ryan Callinan (AUS) 8.96 DEF. Filipe Toledo (BRA) 7.34, Tiago Carrique (FRA) 7.10
HEAT 7: Miguel Pupo (BRA) 10.84 DEF. Michael Rodrigues (BRA) 8.10, Seth Moniz (HAW) 5.53
HEAT 8: Yago Dora (BRA) 12.44 DEF. Jackson Baker (AUS) 11.67, Kanoa Igarashi (JPN) 7.70
HEAT 9: John John Florence (HAW) 11.90 DEF. Matthew McGillivray (RSA) 10.10, Kolohe Andino (USA) 8.83
HEAT 10: Ian Gentil (HAW) 11.50 DEF. Nat Young (USA) 8.07, Joao Chianca (BRA) 7.64
HEAT 11: Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA) 13.60 DEF. Jake Marshall (USA) 7.60, Callum Robson (AUS) 6.60
HEAT 12: Rio Waida (INA) 15.16 DEF. Jordy Smith (RSA) 10.50, Gabriel Medina (BRA) 7.10