Madness at Wimbledon with Fery, the new British hero in the quarterfinals
He has subscribed to the comebacks. He is the local hero of Wimbledon 2026. He came back from 1-4 against the Belgian Zizou Bergs to be in the second round. In front of the Swiss Roger Federereight-time champion, once again produced a marvelous reaction in front of his fans. Five minutes from the house where he grew up, despite having been born French to parents of that nationality.
He competes as a Brit, he is the sixth Briton to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals in the professional era, after the two-time champion Andy Murray the eternal candidate without a final prize Tim Henmanthe still active player Cameron Norrie, Roger Taylor and Greg Rusedski.
Is Arthur Fery, the fifth player to reach the penultimate round by entering the draw with an invitation (‘wild card’), a condition he shared with his rival, the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrovwho served for a ‘match’ at 4-3 in the fourth set, but gave it up and ended up condemning himself to defeat.
Ferry23 years old and No. 114, defeated Dimitrov, 35 years old and No. 146, by 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4 and 7-6 (10-7) in 3h.55′. He arrived with fresher legs, taught class by closing with the volley. He knows the grass of the All England Club well, he sentenced Dimitrov, a semi-finalist of the tournament in 2014, who was reviving after the serious injury suffered in the previous edition of Wimbledon.
The British passport holder, born in the French town of Sèvres, will meet the Italian on Wednesday Flavio Cobollifinalist at Roland Garros and who repeats the result of the previous quarter in this Grand Slam. Tenth in the ranking, he surpassed the Australian Alex de Minaur by 7-5, 7-6 (4) and 6-3.
Fery arrived late to the professional circuit as he spent three years in the Stanford University. He chose tennis because of his mother oliviawho played the doubles at Roland Garros 1991, who competed for Hong Kong in the Billie Jean King Cup. He ended up working at the Lawn Tennis Association, the British federation.
The French businessman also walked through Asian lands and London Loic Feryowner of FC LorientFrance Ligue 1 soccer team. He was the youngest president of the French league. A stone’s throw from Wimbledon, when Arthur was a child, they took him to watch the tournament, following the longest match in history, the John Isner-Nicolas Mahut match, and Roger Federer’s finals.
The tennis player will debut in the world top-100, He provisionally occupies 63rd place in the ATP rankings. “I feel at home here, although I like English and French culture equally,” says the new British idol.
