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Miguel Tudela and his coach Gabriel Aramburu laid out a clear strategy for the confrontation with Griffin Colapinto: The regular Californian would go to the right, they chose the bench on the left, a few meters from their rival.

Colapinto started the series by landing one of the best tubes of the competition very quickly, which earned him a 7,5. But Tudela immediately responded with a high aerial and a special rotation, keeping the bottom of the board parallel to the sea. The battle started 7,5 to 7,1 with the advantage for the regular footer.

Tudela quickly backed up with another good aerial that earned him 5,17 and left Griffin in second, needing little.

Halfway through the series, the Californian managed a long wave that gave him 5,1 and the lead, leaving Tudela needing 5,51.

A left came from the series, Tudela attacked hard, twice and the judges gave him 5,5. They were tied with the tiebreaker favoring Colapinto because he had the best wave of the series; Tudela still needed 5,51 but now the priority was for the man from San Clemente.

Tudela tried a girl that Griffin didn't go for but he fell in the air.

Time was running out and the commentators were saying something like the Peruvian had done enough to make his country proud. But Miguel did not give up and with a little more than a minute left he went for another bad left that Griffin did not want to row.

He did a crazy inverted aerial, the board separated from his foot in an incredible way, he fell in the middle of the foam, he seemed to lose control, but he completed it.

He celebrated in front of the beach and received a score of 7,2.

Colapinto left the water disappointed, Tudela hugged his father, Mico, and his coach, Gabriel Aramburu.

This is the Peruvian's third appearance at the CT, the first in which he has managed to win a series. And now he faces Filipe Toledo.

 

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