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The WSL has announced the Oi Rio Pro series, stage 8 of the Championship Tour, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from June 23-30.

Peruvian Miguel Tudela will face Filipe Toledo and Samuel Pupo; Peruvian Sol Aguirre will face Carissa Moore and Courtney Conlogue and Costa Rican Brisa Hennessy will face Lakey Peterson and Tatiana Weston-Webb.

With this new, reduced format, and a group of heavyweight invitees who appear to be lower seeded, all the series look extremely competitive. To name one: SERIES 5: Kanoa Igarashi (JPN), Connor O'Leary (AUS), Gabriel Medina (BRA).

From the men's round 1 this is the one that on paper looks like the least competitive:
SERIES 7: Callum Robson (AUS), Caio Ibelli (BRA), Jadson Andre (BRA)

Among the ladies, one of the new features is the return of Tyler Wright after not being present at G-Land or in El Salvador.

Below all the series:

WOMEN
SERIES 1: Brisa Hennessy (CRI), Lakey Peterson (USA), Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA)
SERIES 2: Carissa Moore (HAW), Courtney Conlogue (USA), Sol Aguirre (PER)
SERIES 3: Johanne Defay (FRA), Isabella Nichols (AUS), Caroline Marks (USA)
SERIES 4: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), Tyler Wright (AUS), Gabriela Bryan (HAW)

MEN
SERIES 1: Italo Ferreira (BRA), Kolohe Andino (USA), Yago Dora (BRA)
SERIES 2: Griffin Colapinto (USA), Matthew McGillivray (ZAF), João Chianca (BRA)
SERIES 3: Jack Robinson (AUS), Jake Marshall (USA), Michael Rodrigues (BRA)
SERIES 4: Filipe Toledo (BRA), Samuel Pupo (BRA), Miguel Tudela (PER)
SERIES 5: Kanoa Igarashi (JPN), Connor O'Leary (AUS), Gabriel Medina (BRA)
SERIES 6: Ethan Ewing (AUS), Jordy Smith (ZAF), Jackson Baker (AUS)
SERIES 7: Callum Robson (AUS), Caio Ibelli (BRA), Jadson Andre (BRA)
SERIES 8: Barron Mamiya (HAW), Miguel Pupo (BRA), Nat Young (USA)