- 2016-08-23
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SPORTS
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World Surf League: Billabong Pro Tahiti Round 3 and 4, Kelly Slater Perfect 10 Riding in Round 4
Billabong Pro Tahiti Round 3 and Round 4 completed in building three-to-four foot (1 - 1.5 metre) surf at Teahupo'o in Tahiti on August 22.
In Round 3, Current WSL rankings leader Matt Wilkinson (AUS) was defeated by Bruno Santos (BRA), who won against Kelly Slater (USA) and Adrian Buchan (AUS) in Round 4.
Bruno Santos, Kolohe Andino (USA), Josh Kerr (AUS) and Julian Wilson (AUS) advanced directly to Quarterfinals.
Despite Kelly Slater (USA) earned 10.00 points, he could not pass Round 4. He will battle in elimination Round 5.
John John Florence (HAW) and Gabriel Medina (BRA) struggled to to find the waves, they have to perform on Round 5 again.
After Round 4,
“I am super stoked to win that heat,” said Bruno Santos. “There were three event champions in that heat. Ace [Adrian Buchan] is so good here and Kelly [Slater] is the man. It actually was a dream for me to beat Kelly. I've surfed against him maybe four or five times, but as a kid I always dreamed of beating Kelly somewhere, but here it is special. It was a crazy heat with Kelly's perfect 10. I am super stoked to be in the Quarterfinals and beat two of my favorite surfers here.”- Billabong Pro Tahiti Round 4 Results:
Heat 1: Kolohe Andino (USA) 15.30, Jordy Smith (ZAF) 12.63, Keanu Asing (HAW) 11.63
Heat 2: Bruno Santos (BRA) 18.30, Kelly Slater (USA) 18.17, Adrian Buchan (AUS) 8.33
Heat 3: Josh Kerr (AUS) 11.00, Jadson Andre (BRA) 10.06, John John Florence (HAW) 2.97
Heat 4: Julian Wilson (AUS) 17.97, Joel Parkinson (AUS) 13.04, Gabriel Medina (BRA) 10.60 - Billabong Pro Tahiti Round 3 Results:
Heat 1: Keanu Asing (HAW) 14.07 def. Italo Ferreira (BRA) 12.43
Heat 2: Kolohe Andino (USA) 15.03 def. Adam Melling (AUS) 5.67
Heat 3: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 7.00 def. Matt Banting (AUS) 5.17
Heat 4: Adrian Buchan (AUS) 15.50 def. Adrian Buchan (BRA) 7.33
Heat 5: Kelly Slater (USA) 17.70 def. Nat Young (USA) 12.50
Heat 6: Bruno Santos (BRA) 12.33 def. Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 6.83
Heat 7: John John Florence (HAW) 13.33 def. Alex Ribeiro (BRA) 8.57
Heat 8: Josh Kerr (AUS) 17.44 def. Dusty Payne (HAW) 4.37
Heat 9: Jadson Andre (BRA) 12.07 def. Sebastian Zietz (HAW) 9.57
Heat 10: Julian Wilson (AUS) 16.03 def. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 14.77
Heat 11: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 15.53 def. Kanoa Igarashi (USA) 5.20
Heat 12: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 15.66 def. Kai Otton (AUS) 7.83
- source : WSL
