Alinghi choose Prada as quarter final opponent

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Swiss America's Cup challenger Alinghi will race Italian team Prada in the first quarterfinal phase of the Louis Vuitton Cup yachting series on the Hauraki Gulf here.

Alinghi earned the right to choose which of the other top four contenders they would take on after finishing with top points in the second round robin competition.

Alinghi said the decision to meet Prada first was a difficult one as the others teams in the group OneWorld and Oracle had two strong boats each.

No one knew which boat they would use in the quarterfinals until 24 hours before the start of races, Alinghi said. The best of seven quarterfinals round start on November 12.

- NZPA

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