World number 81 Cristina Bucsa faces the 326th-ranked Francesca Curmi in the first round of the 2023 Palermo Open on Tuesday, July 18. Get the predictions and odds of this Cristina Bucsa v Francesca Curmi match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Cristina Bucsa v Francesca Curmi Head to Head
No previous matches have been played between Bucsa and Curmi.
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Bucsa Looks to Have Turned Things Around Since June
Bucsa was on a six-match losing streak coming into the Birmingham Open where she was forced to play in the qualifiers. She came through those two qualifying rounds before losing in the first round – her seventh main draw loss in a row – but there looked to be a change in the manner in which she was playing there.
A change for the better.
Because while Bucsa lost in the qualifiers again in Eastbourne, she overcame Kamila Rakhimova at Wimbledon to make the second.
And returning to clay last week at the WTA 125 event in Contrexeville, Bucsa managed to make the quarterfinals before falling to Fiona Ferro.
Clay has been Bucsa’s go-to surface throughout her career and she will start off a favourite as a result of that and the fact that her opponent has never seen the inside of the top-300 on the WTA charts.
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Curmi Walks in as a Lucky Loser
There were six qualifiers who made it through to the main draw of the event at the expense of six players who lost in the second qualifying round.
And then a last minute withdrawal from the main draw meant that a seventh slot opened up and it was Curmi who walked in as a lucky loser despite having lost to Tessa Andrianjafitrimo in the previous match.
Curmi hasn’t had as much success on clay, however, as she has in hardcourt competitions with all her three tournament victories on the ITF circuit having been achieved on it.
That’s not to say that Curmi has been appalling on clay with her last appearance on this surface resulting in three successive wins at Liepaja where she made a quarterfinals. Will that be enough though as she faces Bucsa?
Bucsa v Curmi Prediction and Tip
Bucsa holds the aces here and should come away a winner in straight sets we believe.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Bucsa to win in straight sets: 1/2
The 2023 Palermo Open will be played from July 17 to 23. You can get all the tennis betting news with our tennis betting blog here. Also get rest of the tennis match previews here.
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