Roxy Pro Gold Coast Round 1

Defending Roxy Pro champion Stephanie Gilmore’s (Coolangatta, QLD) struggled to find a high scoring ride in her first appearance since being assaulted in Tweed Heads. The four-time world champion proved no match for rookie Tyler Wright (Lennox Head, NSW) today, who netted two of the round’s highest individual wave scores of an 8.93 and a 9.03 to easily defeat Gilmore and Roxy wildcard Sarah Mason.

Twenty-three-year-old superstar Gilmore was clearly hindered by her lack of practice after being sidelined with a broken wrist since the attack last December.

Wright progressing straight through to Round 3 with Gilmore and Mason relegated into sudden death Round 2. The Wright just could now wrong today with older brother Owen also progressing the men’s with an opening heat win.

Also through to round three with opening heat wins were world no.2 Sally Fitzgibbons (Aus), world no.4 Silvana Lima (BRA) and world no.15 Jacqueline Silva (BRA).

Check out the highlights from Round One of the Roxy Pro.

Roxy Pro Round 1 Highlights

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