Although he was effective on the return early in the game, breaking his opponent in the fourth game, Bonzi found fewer keys later when the American increased his first-ball percentage (from 63% in the first set at 85 and 76% in the second and third).
Never off the hook, the Frenchman ended up losing in a frustrating end to the game. If he offered himself a match point, despite a forehand winner by slipping from his vis-à-vis a few minutes earlier preventing him from granting himself two, at 5-4, Christopher Eubanks did not not tremble to dismiss it with an ace. Worse, on the next game, Benjamin Bonzi chained unforced errors before dropping his face-off on a double fault. It was enough for the American to conclude and afford the right to challenge Frances Tiafoe in the second round.
