Buse and Fery do not fail and seal their place in the semifinals in Winston-Salem

Ignacio Buse reached the semifinals of the ATP 250 in Winston-Salem after beating the Argentine Juan Manuel Cerúndolo in a tight match that had to be stopped during the first set due to rain.

The Peruvian, number 36 in the world, He beat Cerúndolo (n.51) by 7-6(4), 4-6 and 6-2 in two hours and 49 minutes of meeting.

It was a match in which the two players never quite felt comfortable with their serve, which led to 25 break opportunities.

Buse converted 6 of the 14 breaking balls he had, compared to Cerúndolo’s 5 of 11.

After two very tight sets in which both players exchanged several breaks, The Peruvian tennis player managed to maintain his serve throughout the third and broke his rival twice to seal his place in the semifinals.

In that instance he will face the Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi (n.109), who hours before defeated the Dutchman Botic Van De Zandschulp (n.71).

It will be Buse’s first semi-final on a hard court and the fourth of his career on the ATP circuit.

The other semi-final will be played by the British Arthur Ferysemi-finalist of the last Wimbledon, who beat the American Aleksandar Kovacevic 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, and the Australian James Duckworthwho beat Hungarian Fabian Marozsan 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-4.