Aussies Progress at Vans US Open

Australian's Steph Gilmore, Nikki Van Dijk and Sally Fitzgibbons have all progressed to the third round of the Vans US Open of Surfing.

Gilmore progressed in the smoothest fashion, winning her first round head to progress directly through to round three.

Riding 5.63 and 5.33 waves for a 10.96 total, Gilmore managed to defeat defending champion Sage Erickson.

.@jeep leader, @Steph_gilmore defeats @Sageerickson and #KirraPinkerton in Rd 1, Heat 3 of the #VansUSOpen | Watch Live 👉 https://t.co/dtKMAWi0iv pic.twitter.com/xfK9EtVUPG
— World Surf League (@wsl) August 3, 2018

Van Dijk and Fitzgibbons were both forced into the second round elimination heats where Van Dijk eliminated Erickson and Fitzgibbons eliminated fellow Aussie Bronte Macaulay.

.@nikkivandijk_ defeats @sageerickson in Rd 2, Heat 1 of the #VansUSOpen | Watch Live 👉 https://t.co/dtKMAWi0iv pic.twitter.com/bb5W4UPSF0
— World Surf League (@wsl) August 3, 2018

.@Sally_Fitz defeats @bronte_macaulay in Rd 2, Heat 2 of the #VansUSOpen | Watch Live 👉 https://t.co/dtKMAWi0iv pic.twitter.com/qfTSqSftlG
— World Surf League (@wsl) August 3, 2018

Macy Callaghan and Keely Andrew also had to surf off in the elimination round but were knocked out by Tatiana Weston-Webb and Coco Ho respectively.

The day ended after Round 2 with the 3rd round call scheduled for August 5th 12am AEST.