Messinas made it to the round of 16 and secured his best result of the season so far

He won his second series of the day; now he will face local Cole Houshmand


Peruvian Lucca Mesinas secured his best result of the Challenger season today at the US Open, after winning his round of 24 series and reaching the round of XNUMX.

With a total score of 11,60 he beat Eithan Osborne (second) and Tristan Gilbaud. Now, in the round of 16 he will face the young Californian Cole Houshmand.

To win his heat, Messinas was extremely careful in his wave selection, and when it came to choosing them, he was efficient and talented, attacking from the backside to get away with high scores (5,5 + 6,1).

The Peruvian surfed two heats today and won both. In the previous one, in the round of 48, he beat Willian Cardoso, Eduardo Motta, and Michael Dunphy, in that order.

In Ballito he had managed to reach round 3, where he lost due to a strategic error in the last seconds of the round.

This result guarantees at least a ninth place, which is 3320 points.