Nine-year ASP Women?s World Tour veteran Melanie Redman-Carr (AUS) has defeated six-time world champion Layne Beachley (AUS) to win the first ASP Women?s event of the year, the Roxy Pro.
Both Redman-Carr and Beachley joked that it was all about the "
old ducks". "All the rookies, they are so insane! They surf so well that they just knocked each other out; it?s just the way the draw went." Redmann-Carr said. "The contest today could have been one from ten years ago."
Reigning Roxy Pro champ Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) and rookie Silvana Lima (BRA), who were responsible for taking out top seeds in Georgeson and Mulanovich, were both eliminated in their quarter final heats. Also failing to advance from the quarters were last year?s runner-up Megan Abubo (HAW) and local surfer Trudy Todd (AUS).
The next event on the ASP Women?s World Tour will be the Roxy Pro in Fiji from April 22-29, 2006.
