Australian veteran Sally Fitzgibbons will have to survive a do-or-die elimination heat at Margaret River to avoid missing the dreaded mid-season cut on the WSL tour for the second year.
As young star Molly Picklum declared she had her “energy back” after a lacklustre performance at Bells Beach with a win to go directly into the round of 16, Fitzgibbons, the 2017 Margaret River champ, was again thrust into a last-gasp battle.
Fitzgibbons, 33, narrowly lost her showdown with Hawaiian Bettylou Sakura Johnson and fellow Aussie Tyler Wright, who is eighth on the rankings, with th...
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