{"id":507267,"date":"2026-03-01T11:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T11:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/507267\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T11:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T11:35:15","slug":"jasmine-paolini-vs-cristina-bucsa-preview-prediction-2026-merida-open-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/507267\/","title":{"rendered":"Jasmine Paolini vs Cristina Bucsa\u00a0Preview &#038; Prediction | 2026 Merida Open |\u00a0Semi-Final"},"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>World number seven Jasmine Paolini bids for a place in the Merida Open final when she faces Cristina Bucsa.<\/p>\n<p>Ranking points: WTA 500<\/p>\n<p>Start date\/time:<\/p>\n<p>Venue:\u00a0Yucat\u00e1n Country Club, Merida, Mexico<\/p>\n<p>Surface:\u00a0Outdoor 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 Jasmine Paolini vs Cristina Bucsa ticket information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jasmine Paolini vs Cristina Bucsa prediction<\/p>\n<p>Jasmine Paolini was stunned in the opening set of her quarter-final against Katie Boulter, losing 0-6 to the Brit in just 28 minutes, but the world number seven recomposed after that and the tide turned in her favour, the Italian eventually coming through 0-6, 6-3, 6-3,<\/p>\n<p>Cristina Bucsa had lost six consecutive matches before she came to Mexico, but the 28-year-old has found her game in Merida, defeating Donna Vekic, Marina Stakusic and Zeynep Sonmez, all in straight sets.<\/p>\n<p>Bucsa is yet to face a player of Paolini&#8217;s calibre though. The two-time Grand Slam finalist is unlikely to make such a slow start this time around, given what happened against Boulter, and we expect her to make the final.<\/p>\n<p>Jasmine Paolini vs Cristina Bucsa\u00a0tip:\u00a0Jasmine Paolini to win<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Click here for today\u2019s sports betting tips from our expert analysts! World number seven Jasmine Paolini bids for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-507267","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\/507267","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=507267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}