Tatiana Weston-Webb took the title of the WSL (World Surfing League) in Peniche. The Brazilian had a great performance in the icy sea of Portugal and ended her good campaign defeating the North American Lakey Peterson in the final.
The gaúcha got a 7.33 and an 8.00 in the decisive heat, totaling 15.33. His rival totaled 14.27 (7.10 and 7.17). In the final part of the confrontation, Peterson made some attempts to seek the comeback, without success. In his last wave, he scored 6.73, even taking the runner-up.
The performance in Portugal represented a comeback for Weston-Webb, current world runner-up. She had only finished ninth in the first two rounds of the championship and finally found her surfing best.
“I had a bad start to the year, precisely in two places where I thought I would do well. But I know that God has a plan and I will trust it. It is to continue surfing, trying my best and believing in myself”, said the Brazilian. .
With the triumph in Portugal, Tatiana gained six positions in the ranking and rose to fourth place, with 15,220 points. Ahead of her are Costa Rican Brisa Hennessy (17,355), Hawaiian Carissa Moore (16,495) and Peterson (16,495).
In the men’s dispute, the North American Griffin Colapinto won the best in Peniche. With a 7.67 and a 6.67, he added 14.34 and won the close decision against Brazilian Filipe Toledo, who totaled 14.20 (6.67 and 7.53).
The São Paulo player reached 14,440 points and moved up to fourth place in the World Cup, behind Japanese Kanoa Igarashi (17,290), North American Kelly Slater (14,650) and Hawaiian Barron Mamiya (14,650). Colapinto (12,660) is in seventh.
There will be a mid-season cut. After five of the ten stages, only ten surfers will continue to fight for the title in the men’s dispute, another ten in the women’s. Among the men, in addition to Toledo, Caio Ibelli (6th) and Italo Ferreira (10th) are in the classification zone.
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