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Trio progress at Quiksilver Pro France Gabriel Medina, Jordy Smith and Kieren Perrow won their round one heats on Sunday's truncated day of action at the Quiksilver Pro France at La Graviere. Defending champion Medina posted an impressive 9.00 on his opening ride for a solid backhand barrel before consolidating with a flurry of scores on both rights and lefts. World number nine Smith also progressed as a heat winner while Perrow caused the upset of the day, defeating former winner Adrian Buchan and last year’s runner-up Julian Wilson. Event organisers called a lay day on Monday but hope competition will resume on Tuesday, world number two Joel Parkinson will face Wiggolly Dantas in the opening heat of round two. The Quiksilver Pro France is event of seven of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour. ROUND 1 RESULTS: Heat 10: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 12.33, Heitor Alves (BRA) 8.63, Adam Melling (AUS) 2.47 Heat 11: Kieren Perrow (AUS) 9.23, Adrian Buchan (AUS) 6.84, Julian Wilson (AUS) 6.54 Heat 12: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 14.33, Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 9.34, C.J. Hobgood (USA) 5.23 ROUND 2 MATCH-UPS: Heat 1: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Wiggolly Dantas (BRA) Heat 2: John John Florence (HAW) vs. Dusty Payne (HAW) Heat 3: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Taylor Knox (USA) Heat 4: Josh Kerr (AUS) vs. Kolohe Andino (USA) Heat 5: Jeremy Flores (FRA) vs. Yadin Nicol (AUS) Heat 6: Owen Wright (AUS) vs. Matt Wilkinson (AUS) Heat 7: Julian Wilson (AUS) vs. Adam Melling (AUS) Heat 8: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) Heat 9: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. Travis Logie (ZAF) Heat 10: Heitor Alves (BRA) vs. Bede Durbidge (AUS) Heat 11: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Tiago Pires (PRT) Heat 12: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. Miguel Pupo (BRA)