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Young Peruvian Sol Aguirre, who is still competing as a junior in the WSL, did not win her debut series against Tatiana Weston and Carissa, but she kept on her resume the fact that she beat one of the best surfers in history.

And it wasn't by chance, but rather by hard work, talent, experience and determination. And he almost didn't win the series.

In a heavy sea at Saquarema, where she already has experience, she took a set in her head, the same as the three surfers, but Sol knew how to position herself well to wait for an opening right.

He took a rather violent right, with a lot of current in his face and attacked a heavy section with everything. He completed the maneuver and the judges paid well for a maneuver: 4,4.

She was within range of Tatiana who surfed a good left, needing six and something. While Carissa struggled with the current looking for a decent place to wait for waves, the local from Órganos found a better right, made a small cut and when it came time to attack up there, she went vertical and sent a blow; she received 5,5 and was left needing only 5,27 that never came.

 

 

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The final result of the series was 10,77 for Tatiana, 9,9 for Sol and 1,8 for Carissa.

Now they will face each other again, Sol versus Carissa; fans give 89% of the votes that the Hawaiian wins.

Meanwhile, Brisa Hennessy, who was suffering from a cut on her foot in El Salvador and was unable to find her rhythm in the first heat of the day, placed third behind Gabriela Bryan (who won) and Lakey Peterson (who placed second).

Breeze now goes against Lakey Peterson.

Finally, Miguel Tudela found a good wave in his heat against Filipe Toledo and Nat Young; a good left that gave him 6,33 (the second best wave of the heat) and he was second for a good part of the heat, within reach of catching a Filipe who was far away.

Young found a left at the end and moved into second but Tudela's requirement was less; the series ended with him needing a 7,45.

The wave did not arrive and the series ended like this: Toledo with 13,77, Young with 11 and Tudela with 9,23.

Now Miguel goes against Griffin Colapinto.