America's Cup update, Emirates Team New Zealand elect to advance to final after winning 9 races straight in the Louis Vuitton Challenger series

From the following article on americascup.com

http://www.americascup.com/en/news/3/news/16928/emirates-team-new-zealand-elects-to-advance-to-louis-vuitton-cup-final

Emirates Team New Zealand today won its ninth consecutive race of the Louis Vuitton Cup, the America’s Cup Challenger Series, cementing its status as the top team in the challengers’ series.
Later in the day skipper Dean Barker announced his team would exercise its right to advance to the Louis Vuitton Cup Final, scheduled to begin Aug. 17. Emirates Team New Zealand earned that right by winning the round robin of the Louis Vuitton Cup.

Emirates Team New Zealand will race either Artemis Racing or Luna Rossa Challenge. Those two teams will race the Louis Vuitton Cup Semifinal, scheduled Aug. 6-15.
Barker said the team considered racing the semifinals, but in the end opted to advance development program of Aotearoa, the team’s AC72.

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