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Aussie women advance in El Salvador surf

Seven-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore is into the quarter-finals of the El Salvador WSL event (AAP)

Seven-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore has set up an all-Australian quarter-final against Isabella Nichols after surviving the elimination round at the World Surf League event in El Salvador.

Surfing finally got underway at Punta Roca after three lay days, with Gilmore finishing third in her opening heat, which was convincingly won by compatriot Sally Fitzgibbons.

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