Moore has moved into the quarter-finals of the New Zealand Pro at Manu Bay in Raglan, beating American Lakey Peterson in their second-round match-up. For the second time in as many heats, Moore, 33, posted an excellent single-wave score, while her heat total of 15.33 was the highest in the women\u2019s second-round heats.<\/p>\n
Carissa Moore posted the highest heat total in the second round of the women’s competition in Raglan. Photo \/ World Surf League<\/p>\n
It was a slower day with smaller swells than the athletes had seen over the past week, but there were still big scores to be had on the right waves.<\/p>\n
For Moore and Peterson, who finished with a 7.50 heat total, the wait for waves was a long one as they both sat without a score after about 25 minutes of the 35-minute heat.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a really long wait,\u201d Moore told the WSL broadcast team after her heat, which saw both surfers have a long wait before some decent sets rolled through.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was just trying to tell myself to breathe and not get too cold, because it gets really chilly when you\u2019re sitting for so long. I just said \u2018if I don\u2019t have anything and Lakey doesn\u2019t have anything, it\u2019s okay. We have to wait for a decent wave to come in\u2019 and nothing had really come.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was just trying to repeat \u2018have faith and trust yourself\u2019. That was on repeat.\u201d <\/p>\n
The five-time world champion will meet young American star Caroline Marks, the 2023 world champion, in the quarter-finals. The other match-ups in the women\u2019s draw will see reigning world champion Molly Picklum (Australia) against Bettylou Sakura Johnson (Hawaii), Gabriela Bryan (Hawaii) against Alyssa Spencer (USA) and two-time world champion Tyler Wright (Australia) against Sawyer Lindblad (USA).<\/p>\n
In the men\u2019s draw, the big names in the line-up all remain in the hunt, making for some eye-watering third-round match-ups. The men\u2019s tour has a bigger draw than that of the women, so a third round is needed to whittle the field down.<\/p>\n
Jack Robinson (Australia) and Kanoa Igarashi (Japan) both needed all the time they could get in their respective second-round heats, being taken to the absolute death in their heats by Kauli Vaast (France) and Joel Vaughan (Australia) respectively. Robinson did not get the official result of his heat until he was already back on land amongst the fans, after both surfers caught scoring waves late.<\/p>\n
Robinson will meet Brazil\u2019s Miguel Pupo in the third round, while Igarashi takes on 2019 world champion Italo Ferreira (Brazil).<\/p>\n
The heat of the round shapes up as be the battle between multiple-time world champions Gabriel Medina and Filipe Toledo (Brazil).<\/p>\n
In other third-round heats, the American Colapinto brothers Griffin and Crosby will go head-to-head, Australians Morgan Cibilic and Liam O\u2019Brien meet, Indonesia\u2019s Rio Waida takes on Brazilian Alejo Muniz, American Cole Houshmand takes on Italy\u2019s Leonardo Fioravanti, while reigning world champion Yago Dora (Brazil) meets France\u2019s Marco Mignot.<\/p>\n