Wimbledon 2026 results: Arthur Fery stuns Flavio Cobolli to reach semi-finals
The result was unthinkable before the players left, separated by more than 100 places in the rankings.
But in terms of sets played, this was Fery’s most direct success in his unforgettable journey to the last four.
The Briton reached this stage by running a marathon of five consecutive sets in tiebreaks, fighting to go straight to set victory in her first two matches.
Fery showed remarkable character and endurance against former world number three Dimitrov; After a must-win fourth set collapse, he twice recovered to win in less than four hours.
This was a completely different challenge. While Fery could gain confidence from his previous win against Cobolli at this year’s Australian Open, his opponent had struggled physically with stomach issues on that occasion.
But Fery continued to punish Cobolli’s inconsistency in their last encounter, seizing both break point opportunities in the first two sets before storming towards the finish line after a superb tiebreak.
Allowing the raucous crowd to influence him at key moments, Cobolli produced 41 unforced errors as his challenge quickly unraveled and Fery was always there to capitalize on the opportunity.
The home favorites, who kept their crowds willingly engaged from the start, racked up 27 wins and remained at the back of the field, registering only 15 unforced errors.
Fery moved to Wimbledon as a teenager and his visits to watch the sport’s biggest stars at the iconic venue fueled his drive to one day turn professional.
Now she’s living her dreams as her fairytale story continues to gain momentum.
Tennis is in his blood too.
Her mother, Olivia, was a professional tennis player and was showing promise on the grass, reaching the quarter-finals at Queen’s earlier this season.
But all this is uncharted territory for Fery, who postponed his move to the ATP Tour to study science, technology and society at Stanford University.
His progress on the tour was slowed by injuries, including bone bruises to his arm, which hindered him for 18 months and left him experiencing “doubts and dark moments”.
But after overcoming this problem, she was able to play more consistently and reached the second round at Wimbledon last year and the Australian Open in January.
Nothing could have prepared him for what happened this time at his home Grand Slam; but the second-seeded German will once again be passionately backed as he watches another giant kill against world number three Zverev.
