After five races each in the semis, it appears the Italian-Luna Rossa Challenge and Kiwi-Emirates Team New Zealand are dominating the best of nine series of the Louis Vuitton Cup. Follow the live audio feed and internet TV tonight (Manila time) to find out if it's the last race for BMW Oracle Racing and Desafio Espaniol. Or can they take the semis all the way to race 9 to upset the leaders?
Spectacular boat handling by the Italians! Here you'll see BMW Oracle Racing just before they hit there transom on Luna Rossa Challenge's side getting penalty number 2.
BMW ORACLE Racing and Desafío Español must win their next four races if they hope to advance to the Final of the Louis Vuitton Cup. That’s the grim reality facing both teams after they lost their matches on Saturday on the waters off Valencia, in front of an enormous weekend spectator fleet.
The Italian Luna Rossa Challenge came into today’s match having led BMW ORACLE Racing at every turning mark in their four contests to day. Under pressure to strike early, the skipper of the American team, Chris Dickson, found himself in trouble during the pre-start, eventually taking two penalties. With such a big disadvantage coming off the starting line, the American team could never get back into the race and Luna Rossa streaked to the win and a 4-1 series lead.
In the other match, Emirates Team New Zealand came off the starting line later and slower than Desafío Español. But a small right hand shift allowed the Kiwis to get their nose in front and they extended from there. The Emirates team leads the series 4-1.
The first team to win five races in each series will advance to the Final. Racing continues on Sunday.
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