Anastasia Tikhonova beat Maria Urrutia 6-2, 6-1 in Sao Paulo, taking control through a steady stream of breaks on the Urrutia serve. Seven breaks in total for the winner told the story of a match decided almost entirely on return.
Tikhonova broke in the opening game of the first set for 0-1 and again for 0-3; Urrutia got one back at 2-4, but an immediate re-break at 2-5 closed the set. The second followed the same pattern: breaks at 0-1 and 0-3, a brief Urrutia response at 1-3, then Tikhonova broke again at 1-4 and once more at 1-6 to finish it.
The decisive number is the break count: Tikhonova converted seven, Urrutia only two, and neither of those two led to a change of momentum. With no set going beyond eight games, Urrutia never found a way to hold consistently.