Bonzi back in Challenger winners' circle: 'My best performance of the year'

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/benjamin-bonzi/bm95/overview'Benjamin Bonzi/a is bouncing back./p

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The Frenchman returned to the winners' circle Sunday for the first time since May 2022 at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/winnipeg/7542/2024/results'Winnipeg National Bank Challenger presented by MBuilds/a. The 28-year-old, seeded third, rallied past Japanrsquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sho-shimabukuro/sy67/overview'Sho Shimabukuro/a 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 to lift his ninth ATP Challenger Tour title./p

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A former No. 42 in the PIF ATP Rankings, Bonzi is in a much different place than 12 months ago, when he was recovering from a wrist injury that forced him to miss an extended period of time./p

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ldquo;After a big wrist injury last year, itrsquo;s tough to get the rhythm again and play good tennis. I kind of fell down in the rankings and you have to regain confidence,rdquo; Bonzi said Sunday. ldquo;I was struggling a lot these past months. The game is building again. Itrsquo;s a pretty solid week with the title. It means a lot./p

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ldquo;I think the mindset [was the key], I was fighting all the matches. You have to fight. That was my best performance for this year.rdquo;/p

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In other ATP Challenger Tour action, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/federico-agustin-gomez/gj16/overview'Federico Agustin Gomez/a continued his Italian clay-court success, capturing his second title in three weeks. The 27-year-old, who two weeks ago won the Milan Challenger, did not drop a set all week at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/trieste/9351/2024/results'Citta di Trieste Challenger/a, where he downed Chilean a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-barrios-vera/bs86/overview'Tomas Barrios Vera/a 6-1, 6-2 in the final./p

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A 2019 graduate of the University of Louisville, Gomez coached at a tennis academy in Miami for two years before turning pro. ldquo;I donrsquo;t think I hit a two-handed backhand in two years,rdquo; said the Buenos Aires native, now at a career-high No. 163 in the PIF ATP Rankings./p

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a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hugo-dellien/da31/overview'Hugo Dellien/a earned his 10th ATP Challenger Tour trophy and first of this season at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/iasi/8394/2024/results'Concord Iasi Open/a in Romania. The sixth seed Dellien raced past first-time Challenger finalist Javier Barranco Cosa 6-1, 6-1 in the title match./p

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A week prior, the 31-year-oldrsquo;s younger brother a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/murkel-dellien/dc48/overview'Murkel Dellien/a claimed his maiden ATP Challenger Tour title in Romania. The Delliens are the first pair of brothers to win ATP Challenger Tour titles in the same season since 2022, when a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/francisco-cerundolo/c0au/overview'Francisco Cerundolo/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/juan-manuel-cerundolo/c0c8/overview'Juan Manuel Cerundolo/a triumphed at that level./p

pimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/07/15/03/22/dellien-iasich-2024.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hugo-dellien/da31/overview'Hugo Dellien/a in action at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/iasi/8394/2024/results'Concord Iasi Open/a." /br /

emsupa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hugo-dellien/da31/overview'Hugo Dellien/a in action at the Challenger 100 event in Iasi. Credit: a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/iasi/8394/2024/results'Concord Iasi Open/a/sup/em/p

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a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-ritschard/rc04/overview'Alexander Ritschard/a kept building upon his career-best season, having won his second title of the year at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/salzburg/9531/2024/results'Sparkasse Salzburg Open/a in Austria. The 30-year-old Swiss has won 14 of his past 16 Challenger-level matches including a title run in Savannah and a runner-up finish in Heilbronn. Ritschard defeated Frenchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kyrian-jacquet/j0az/overview'Kyrian Jacquet/a 6-4, 6-2 in the Salzburg final./p

pimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/07/15/03/23/ritschard-salzburgch-2024.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-ritschard/rc04/overview'Alexander Ritschard/a wins the Challenger 125 event in Salzburg, Austria." /br /

emsupa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-ritschard/rc04/overview'Alexander Ritschard/a wins the Challenger 125 event in Salzburg, Austria. Credit: a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/salzburg/9531/2024/results'Sparkasse Salzburg Open/a/sup/em/p

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Spaniard a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roberto-carballes-baena/cf59/overview'Roberto Carballes Baena/a was crowned champion at the 30th edition of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/braunschweig/526/2024/results'Brawo Open/a in Braunschweig, Germany, the ninth longest-running ATP Challenger Tour event. The top seed defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/botic-van-de-zandschulp/v812/overview'Botic van de Zandschulp/a 6-1, 6-3 in the final to earn his 12th Challenger crown./p

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/strongFormer champions throughout a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com//en/news/braunschweig-challenger-feature-30th-anniversary-2024" target="_blank"the 30-year history of the Braunschweig Challenger/a include a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gaston-gaudio/g374/overview'Gaston Gaudio/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-berdych/ba47/overview'Tomas Berdych/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jan-lennard-struff/sl28/overview'Jan-Lennard Struff/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/florian-mayer/mb02/overview'Florian Mayer/a and current ATP chairman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrea-gaudenzi/g254/overview'Andrea Gaudenzi/a.nbsp;/pblockquote class="twitter-tweet"p lang="en" dir="ltr"Time to celebrate ????brbrCongratulations to this week#39;s doubles champions!a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ATPChallenger?src=hashamp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"#ATPChallenger/a a href="https://t.co/7w2w10njHZ"pic.twitter.com/7w2w10njHZ/a/pmdash; ATP Challenger Tour (@ATPChallenger) a href="https://twitter.com/ATPChallenger/status/1812554546117550349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"July 14, 2024/a/blockquote script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"/scriptp[NEWSLETTER FORM]/p