Cristina Bucsa def. Jasmine Paolini — Semifinal, Merida Open Akron 2026

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Merida Open Akron 2026

WTA 500HardMerida, Mexico

Played28 Feb 2026

Rounds
  1. R32
  2. R16
  3. QF
  4. Semifinal
  5. Final

🇪🇸Won

Cristina Bucsa76

Winner meets Magdalena Frech

Straight sets

🇮🇹1 seed

Jasmine Paolini54

What this match is worth

Points earned

+325

Bucsa · Paolini banks 195

Around this match

The other semifinal

Magdalena Frech d. Shuai Zhang6-2 6-7(6) 6-3

Seeds left

1 of 8 no. 1

Both roads here

Bucsa
Round
Paolini

🇭🇷Donna Vekic

6-3 6-2

R32

Bye

🇨🇦Marina Stakusic

7-6(1) 6-3

R16

Priscilla Hon🇦🇺

6-0 6-2

🇹🇷Zeynep Sonmez

6-3 6-4

QF

Katie Boulter🇬🇧

0-6 6-3 6-3

Cristina Bucsa and Jasmine Paolini reached this match through the rounds listed above: Round of 32: Cristina Bucsa beat Donna Vekic; Jasmine Paolini had a bye. Round of 16: Cristina Bucsa beat Marina Stakusic; Jasmine Paolini beat Priscilla Hon. Quarterfinal: Cristina Bucsa beat Zeynep Sonmez; Jasmine Paolini beat Katie Boulter

How they arrived

6–0

Sets won

4–1

64%

Games won

63%

1–0

Tiebreaks

0–0

0

Deciding sets

1