Dedura-Palomero edged past Virtanen 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 in Tampere, doing all his damage on return. He converted both break points he created, one in each set he won, while saving all three break points he faced across the match.
The first set turned at 4-2 when Dedura-Palomero broke for the only time; he held comfortably thereafter. Virtanen fought back in the second, forcing a tiebreak which he took to level the match. But the third followed the first-set pattern—another break at 4-2 from Dedura-Palomero, and he closed out the set to seal the win.
The decisive statistic was break-point efficiency: Dedura-Palomero went a perfect 2-for-2 and saved all three break points he faced, while Virtanen failed to convert either of his two chances. Dedura-Palomero also won 66 of 119 service points (55%) and held serve in all 14 service games.