Australia’s top female surfers excelled on day one of the MEO Pro Portugal Championship Tour (CT) surfing event at Supertubos in Peniche, which began on Thursday. All seven have made it through to the round of 16, but it was rookie Molly Picklum from the New South Wales (NSW) Central Coast, and  CT veteran Sally Fitzgibbons from the NSW South Coast that really stood out in the shoulder to head-high conditions. Both surfers scored around 15.50 in their heats, posting the highest scores of the day. Picklum faced 2021 CT runner up Tatiana Weston-Webb of Brazil, as well as emerging star Hawaiian Gabriela Bryan in her heat, but took control early and never looked like giving up her lead. Her highest single wave score was an 8.33 after she attacked the lip on the first turn and managed to whip the board straight back up into the lipline for a …