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Silvana Lima Wins Inaugural Sydney Women's Pro

Silvana Lima Wins Inaugural Sydney Women's Pro

Date: 2016-11-18
Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia and Silvana Lima of Brazil is your inaugural Sydney International Women's Pro champion, taking out the WSL Qualifying Series (QS) 6000 event in front of thousands of spectators on Cronulla Beach. Lima was deemed to be one of the best surfers of the event, consistently dropping heat totals in the 15.00 range (out of a possible 20 points) to eliminate the likes of Chelsea Tuach (BRB), Kirra-Belle Olsson (Avoca, NSW/AUS) and Tia Blanco (USA) from the event. In the blue-ribbon heat, Lima found multiple diamonds in the tricky conditions to claim the win from Philippa Anderson, who was unable to find the required 6.97 wave score needed to take Lima's lead. This win means Lima has guaranteed her position on the 2017 WSL Championship Tour (CT). "I can't believe this. It feels amazing," said Lima. "I felt confident in this event and my boards were feeling great, so I think that is what really helped me to win this. Winning this event is right up there with winning Bells, the feeling is exactly the same. I'm ready to get back on the CT for sure."

In what is her best result of 2016, Philippa Anderson (Merewether, NSW/AUS) put up a valiant fight over the entirety of the Sydney International Women's Pro, claiming multiple scalps including Keely Andrew (Sunshine Coast, Qld/AUS) and Bronte Macaulay (Margaret River, WA/AUS) to book her spot in the final.