Australia’s Sally Fitzgibbon will likely have to fight her way back onto surfing’s world tour via the challenger series for a second straight year after being eliminated in the quarterfinals at the Margaret River Pro, a finish that kept her below the mid-season cutline.
Fitzgibbons, a 14-year veteran of the World Surf League’s championship tour is a past winner in Margaret River and three-time world title runner-up from 2010-12. But the 33-year-old will again need either a season wild-card from the WSL or to requalify to regain her place on the sport’s top tier after falling to American teenager Sawyer Lindblad in a heart-breaking finish at Main Break on Sunday.
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