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The Louis Vuitton Cup finals are set to begin

May 31, 2007

The battle to determine the challenger to the America's Cup is set to begin on friday with Italy's Luna Rossa Challenge up against Emirates Team New Zealand in a first-to-five series. It's impossible to predict who the winner will be as the two Louis Vuitton Cup finalists have performed strongly in the round robin and semi final stages, and neither team has had a clear advantage over the other in the competition so far.

Meanwhile Alinghi, the America's Cup defending champions, have taken to the water in some friendly training matches against the Kiwis. The Swiss yacht showed good speed though the New Zealander's worked well and the training matches were abandoned without presenting a clear winner.