Benjamin Bonzi is through to the semifinals at the ATP Winston-Salem 2026 event after a hard-fought 7-6, 6-4 victory over Van de Zandschulp in the quarterfinals. The Frenchman kept his composure in the tightest moments and now stands two wins away from the title.
The result was part of a busy day across the draw, with Ignacio Buse also booking his place in the last four after a 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 win over Juanma Cerúndolo. With the semifinal line-up now set in Winston-Salem, attention is already shifting toward New York for the US Open 2026, but Bonzi has made sure his own campaign still has plenty of life left in it.
Bonzi stays steady when it matters
This was not a runaway win, but it was the kind of performance that gets a player into the business end of a tournament. Bonzi edged the first set in a tie-break, then backed it up with a 6-4 second set to close out the match before it could drift any further.
For Bonzi, the key was control. In a quarterfinal that could easily have turned into a tense battle of nerves, he found the few points that mattered most and made them count.
Buse waits in the semifinals
The next challenge is Ignacio Buse, who came through his own three-set quarterfinal against Juanma Cerúndolo. That sets up an intriguing semifinal meeting between two players who have both handled pressure well to get this far.
Bonzi will know the margin now gets even smaller. The semifinals are where tournaments usually sharpen into simpler questions: who serves better, who handles the key points, and who can repeat the level that got them here. Bonzi has already answered enough of those questions to move on once, and he now has one more chance to keep the run going.
For a reminder of how Bonzi has been tested on big stages before, his meeting with Gabriel Diallo at Wimbledon is also part of his recent story. But in Winston-Salem, the immediate focus is clear: Bonzi is in the semifinals, and Ignacio Buse is next.
