{"id":498521,"date":"2026-02-25T12:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/498521\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:24:08","slug":"ann-li-vs-zeynep-sonmez-preview-prediction-2026-merida-open-round-of-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/498521\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Li vs Zeynep Sonmez Preview &#038; Prediction | 2026 Merida Open | Round of 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestatszone.com\/betting-tips\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for today\u2019s sports betting tips from our expert analysts!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ann Li faces Zeynep Sonmez in the round-of-16 stage of the Merida Open.<\/p>\n<p>Ranking points:\u00a0WTA 500<\/p>\n<p>Start date\/time:<\/p>\n<p>Venue:\u00a0Yucat\u00e1n Country Club, Merida, Mexico<\/p>\n<p>Surface: Outdoor hard<\/p>\n<p>How to watch on TV:\u00a0UK \u2013 Sky Sports Tennis \/ USA \u2013 Tennis Channel<\/p>\n<p>How to watch online:\u00a0UK \u2013 Sky Go \/ USA \u2013 Tennis Channel<\/p>\n<p>Tickets:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/boletomovil.com\/wta-merida-open-2026?utm_campaign=top_bar&amp;utm_medium=sitio_bm&amp;utm_source=buscador_bm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Visit this link for the latest Ann Li vs Zeynep Sonmez ticket information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ann Li vs Zeynep Sonmez prediction<\/p>\n<p>Ann Li has five defeats and four wins from her opening nine matches of the season. The American last competed in Dubai last week, falling to a defeat in the first-round despite a battling performance as she lost to Linda Noskova in three sets. Her best result of the season so far is a third-round appearance at the Qatar Open.<\/p>\n<p>She faces Zeynep Sonmez in the round-of-16 after receiving a bye. Sonmez ended a run of four matches without a win as she thrashed Cadence Brace in the first-round. The Turk broke at the start of the match and won the last eight games as she earned a 6-2 6-0 win after just an hour and one minute.<\/p>\n<p>This is a rematch of the 2024 final, which saw Sonmez defeat Li in straight sets to win her first tour-level title. This is likely to be a closer encounter at this stage of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Ann Li vs Zeynep Sonmez tip:\u00a0Both players to win a set<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Click here for today\u2019s sports betting tips from our expert analysts! Ann Li faces Zeynep Sonmez in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-498521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}