Tuesday's Sao Paulo round of 32 pits Elina Avanesyan against Julia Riera on hard. Julia Riera is 8-2 across recent matches. Elina Avanesyan comes in at 6 wins from the last ten.
Hold strength tells the story — 61.8% versus 57.5% on first-serve points in Riera's favor. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Riera is exactly that — a lean.