OM INTERNATIONAL LEDRO MATCH RACE ROCCO ATTILI AND ERIC MONNIN ARE JUST ONE POINT FAR AWAY FROM THE FINAL
Lake Ledro, 24 June 2023 – It was a great day on the Ledro Lake where the OM International Ledro Match Race is underway, an event organized by the Associazione Vela Lago di Ledro valid as sixth stage of the World Match Racing Tour. Actually, the weather conditions allowed Fabio Barrasso, PRO of the event, to complete the Round Robin and start the semifinals.
Today matches have reshuffled the rankings that emerged at the end of the first day, promoting to the next round Rocco Attili (8-2, 80%), winner of the qualifying round, Eric Monnin (8-2, 80%), Vladimir Lipavsky ( 8-2, 80%) and Jeffrey Petersen (6-4, 60%).
For Attili, the only Italian in the race, today was one that will never be forgotten, given the excellent series of ten consecutive victories: after the eight victories lined up in the Round Robin, the Italian talent won two more races in the semifinal sailed against Jeffrey Petersen. The duel expected to be at the best of five, was suspended due to lack of wind on the situation of double advantage for the Italian team.
In the other semifinal, also suspended after the first two matches have been played, the situation appears equally clear: Eric Monnin, 2022 European Champion and number one seeded, is in fact ahead two to zero compared to Vladimir Lipavsky.
Scrolling through the provisional standings the fifth place is for Robbie McCutcheon (6-4, 60%) who, after a good start missed the qualification due to the defeat suffered in the match with Jeffrey Petersen. Sixth is Timothee Rossi (5- 5, 50%), followed by Mati Sepp (5-5, 50%), Ruairi Finnegan (3-7, 30%), Damian Michelier (3-7, 30%), Martin Allix (1-9, 10%) and Ted Blowers (1-9, 10%). The latter positions are to be considered provisional and will be defined tomorrow with the King of the Castle, which will be followed by the last matches valid for the semifinals and the finals.
In order not to leave anything to chance, the Race Committee has set the start of the final day for 9 am.
Once the OM International Ledro Match Race at the Associazione Vela Lago di Ledro has concluded, there will be no time to rest, given that the EUROSAF Match Racing Women Open European Championship will already begin on June 27th, destined to end on the afternoon of the 30th.
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