Elena Malõgina beat Gabriela da Silva Fick 7-6, 6-3 in Caldas da Rainha, edging a first set she needed a tiebreak to close before pulling away. The difference was first-serve quality: Malõgina won 33 of 43 first-serve points (77%) to her opponent's 24 of 40 (60%), and saved 8 of 11 break points to Da Silva Fick's 2 of 6.
The opener swung both ways: Da Silva Fick broke in game four at 1-3, Malõgina hit back in game seven from 3-4 and broke again in game 11 at 6-5, only to be broken straight back at 6-6 and forced into the tiebreak, which she took. In the second set she broke in game four at 3-1, was immediately broken back at 3-2, then broke again in game eight at 5-3 to finish it.
Malõgina's serve carried her: five aces to none across the match, 12 of 13 first-serve points won in the second set, and she restricted Da Silva Fick to just 1 of 13 first-serve return points there. Her four double faults to two was the one blemish, and she also had to survive 10 break points in the first set alone.