A spot in the next round is at stake on Tuesday, when Elina Avanesyan goes up against Julia Riera in the Sao Paulo round of 32. Julia Riera comes in at 8 wins from the last ten. Elina Avanesyan is 6-4 across recent matches.

The serve is where this match separates: Riera has been winning 61.8% of first-serve points to Avanesyan's 57.5%, and on hard that gap compounds fast. Little separates them; Riera gets the nod on the finest of margins.