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San Clemente’s Gudauskas reaches quarterfinals with ease
July 25th, 2009, 9:39 am · Post a Comment · posted by Bryan Roy, ocregister.com
Patrick Gudauskas took a commanding early lead and never looked back — he advanced to the quarterfinals Saturday morning.
The San Clemente surfer posted a 15.23 combined score against Eric Geiselman, who finished with a 7.96 combined.
Despite a strong lead down the stretch, Gudauskas admitted that he couldn’t hear much in the water.
“I was expecting him to make a surge at the end, but I was fortunate that he didn’t. Just another heat in the bag,” said Gudauskas, who knocked off surfing great Andy Irons to reach today’s quarterfinals. “The conditions changed a bit today — it’s really clean.
“Just to make it to the quarterfinals is huge and throw your name into the hat for $100,000,” he added.
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