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\nApparently the girls ripped it up in some chopped up small waves in round three of the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bell Beach<\/a><\/strong> today. For the official details, follow the jump.
\nBELLS BEACH, Victoria\/Australia (Friday, April 2, 2010) \u2013 Challenging one-to-two foot (0.75 metre) waves broke through the Bells Bowl and at Rincon today as the world\u2019s best female surfers contested Round 3 of the Rip Curl Women\u2019s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Fiesta.<\/p>\n

Event No. 2 on the 2010 ASP Women\u2019s World Tour, the Rip Curl Women\u2019s Pro took advantage of the swell on offer today as the projection for the waiting period is not favourable. With tricky onshore winds and inconsistent waves, it was the top seeds who dominated the proceedings, winning eight from eight heats.<\/p>\n

Cheslea Hedges (AUS), 26, former ASP Women\u2019s World Champion (2005), was this the round\u2019s standout, posting the highest heat total of the day with a 14.54 out of a possible 20, dispatching of Rosanne Hodge (ZAF), 22.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s tricky out there you really got to pick the right waves that wall up,\u201d Hedges said. \u201cI got a right one and a couple others, but sort of got caught on top of the wave a little bit. I sat and waited, and I didn\u2019t really have a good back-up wave, but I guess it was just enough to get through. It\u2019s impossible to hear out there \u2013 you don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silvana Lima (BRA), 25, 2009 ASP Women\u2019s World Runner-Up and defending Rip Curl Women\u2019s Pro winner, was another standout this afternoon, besting 2010 ASP Women\u2019s World Tour rookie Nikita Robb (ZAF), 21, to advance through to the Quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

\u201cConditions are a lot like home in Brazil, really bumpy, it\u2019s not often really perfect waves,\u201d Lima said. \u201cBut yes it\u2019s fun out there. Not really good, but it\u2019s not that bad. You can\u2019t do a lot of maneuvers. It\u2019s pretty hard out there to get a really good one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lima will face Hedges in the Quarterfinals when competition resumes.<\/p>\n

Coco Ho (HAW), 18, 2009 ASP Women\u2019s World Rookie of the Year, scored a sensational come-from-behind win this morning at the opening heat of the day, edging out 2010 ASP Dream Tour rookie Lee Ann Curren (FRA), 20, in the dying moments of the heat.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was definitely nerve wrecking,\u201d Ho said. \u201cIt\u2019s really hard conditions and I made a few mistakes early on, just catching too many waves. I think it was my April Fool\u2019s joke yesterday – Mother Nature trying to get one back on me. But I got really lucky. I got that last wave and congratulations to Lee Ann, she\u2019s ripping.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ho will take on Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 19, in the Quarterfinals of the Rip Curl Women\u2019s Pro Bells Beach.<\/p>\n

Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 22, reigning three-time ASP Women\u2019s World Champion, survived a close-fought heat against wildcard Tyler Wright (AUS), 16. Wright, who holds an ASP record as the youngest surfer in history to win an elite event, has beaten Gilmore in the past and was a real threat in today\u2019s trying conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was actually just waiting for a wave,\u201d Gilmore said. \u201cIt was such a hard heat – pretty disappointing for both of us I think. There were some big mistakes made by both of us, and I guess it cost Tyler (Wright) the heat in the end. They\u2019re not the kind of heats that you want to have to build confidence moving into the next round so it was a bit of a bummer, but I got through so I guess I got the better end of the deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gilmore, a two-time past winner at the Rip Curl Women\u2019s Pro, will face Rebecca Woods (AUS), 25, in her Quarterfinal bout.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always seem to draw Woodsy down here at this event and we\u2019ve had some good heats,\u201d Gilmore said. \u201cShe\u2019s on a roll at the moment. She\u2019s had some good results and some good waves, so hopefully we\u2019ll get some more waves. Similar plan for the next heat – I was pretty relaxed and a bit nervous at the same time, but nervous is good, it pushes me along to just go out there and do my best.\u201d<\/p>\n

Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow morning at 7:30am for a possible 8am start.<\/p>\n

When competition resumes, up first will be Coco Ho (HAW), 18, against Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 19, in Quarterfinal 1.<\/p>\n

Highlights from today\u2019s Rip Curl Women\u2019s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Fiesta will be available via www.live.ripcurl.com<\/p>\n

The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by SNICKERS, featuring the ASP Top 45, has yet to commence competition, but will look to get underway as soon as the optimal conditions present themselves.<\/p>\n

The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach will be televised LIVE in Australia on FUEL TV. For more information, check out http:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/fueltv<\/p>\n

For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com<\/p>\n

RIP CURL WOMEN\u2019S PRO BELLS BEACH ROUND 3 RESULTS:
\nHeat 1: Coco Ho (HAW) 11.47 def. Lee Ann Curren (FRA) 10.93
\nHeat 2: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 9.83 def. Carissa Moore (HAW) 8.80
\nHeat 3: Rebecca Woods (AUS) 7.87 def. Paige Hareb (NZL) 7.23
\nHeat 4: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 9.00 def. Tyler Wright (AUS) 8.60
\nHeat 5: Silvana Lima (BRA) 14.00 def. Nikita Robb (ZAF) 8.34
\nHeat 6: Chelsea Hedges (AUS) 14.54 def. Rosanne Hodge (ZAF) 12.33
\nHeat 7: Melanie Bartels (HAW) 12.17 def. Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) 9.67
\nHeat 8: Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 13.17 def. Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) 10.44<\/p>\n

RIP CURL WOMEN\u2019S PRO BELLS BEACH QUARTERFINALS MATCH-UPS:
\nQF 1: Coco Ho (HAW) vs. Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS)
\nQF 2: Rebecca Woods (AUS) vs. Stephanie Gilmore (AUS)
\nQF 3: Silvana Lima (BRA) vs. Chelsea Hedges (AUS)
\nQF 4: Melanie Bartels (HAW) vs. Sofia Mulanovich (PER)<\/p>\n

RIP CURL PRO BELLS BEACH ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:
\nHeat 1: Dane Reynolds (USA), Andy Irons (HAW), Nate Yeomans (USA)
\nHeat 2: Damien Hobgood (USA), Luke Stedman (AUS), Matt Wilkinson (AUS)
\nHeat 3: Bobby Martinez (USA), Jeremy Flores (FRA), Tanner Gudauskas (USA)
\nHeat 4: C.J. Hobgood (USA), Tiago Pires (PRT), Travis Logie (ZAF)
\nHeat 5: Kelly Slater (USA), Mick Campbell (AUS), Marco Polo (BRA)
\nHeat 6: Adriano de Souza (BRA), Kekoa Bacalso (HAW), Blake Thornton (AUS)
\nHeat 7: Taj Burrow (AUS), Daniel Ross (AUS), Neco Padaratz (BRA)
\nHeat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS), Kai Otton (AUS), Stuart Kennedy (AUS)
\nHeat 9: Joel Parkinson (AUS), Chris Davidson (AUS), Gabriel Medina (BRA)
\nHeat 10: Bede Durbidge (AUS), Adrian Buchan (AUS), Adam Robertson (AUS)
\nHeat 11: Jordy Smith (ZAF), Patrick Gudauskas (USA), Jay Thompson (AUS)
\nHeat 12: Taylor Knox (USA), Michel Bourez (PYF), Adam Melling (AUS)
\nHeat 13: Tom Whitaker (AUS), Jadson Andre (BRA), Brett Simpson (AUS)
\nHeat 14: Kieren Perrow (AUS), Ben Dunn (AUS), Dusty Payne (HAW)
\nHeat 15: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW), Owen Wright (AUS), Drew Courtney (AUS)
\nHeat 16: Dean Morrison (AUS), Luke Munro (AUS), Roy Powers (HAW)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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