Benjamin Bonzi vs Ignacio Buse Prediction U.S. Open - New York · Sep 3, 2026

Analysis

These two met only days ago, on 28 August, and Buse came through 2-1, which is the single most relevant piece of evidence available here. Buse has since kept winning, edging Marcos Giron 3-2 on 31 August after earlier three-set wins over Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Adam Walton, so he is battle-hardened but also carrying plenty of court time into this second round. Bonzi's route has been the tidier one: straight-sets wins over Botic van de Zandschulp and Kamil Majchrzak, then a 3-1 result against Alex Molcan on 31 August, which suggests his serve is holding up well on the New York hard courts. The gap is genuinely narrow, and over best-of-five the freshness argument helps Bonzi while the recent head-to-head and the Peruvian's willingness to dig in help Buse. Buse's habit of dragging opponents into extra sets makes a clean, one-sided scoreline unlikely from either man. A four-set win for Buse is the outcome that best fits everything on the table, with both players expected to claim at least one set.