Given Britain’s Arthur Fery is now only two victories away from achieving what looked to be mission impossible before Wimbledon started, it is only fair to draw comparisons.What had started as a whisper after the world No 114’s fourth-round victory over Grigor Dimitrov has become more of a talking point among pundits and fans alike.
Can Fery emulate Emma Raducanu and go on to win his first Grand Slam title from seemingly out of nowhere?
Little was known of Raducanu when she became the first qualifier to win a major at the US Open in 2021.
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Emma Raducanu won the US Open in 2021 after coming through qualifying
The same can be said of Fery after he booked a first-ever spot at a Grand Slam semi-final after stunning French Open finalist Flavio Cobolli.
Ahead of the tournament, Fery was merely part of a long-list of British names competing at the grass-court tournament. There was no expectation and certainly no suggestion that the 23-year-old wild card could win a couple of matches at Wimbledon, let alone reach the last four.
Back at the start of the Championships, the focus had been centred on the doom and gloom of British tennis. After Raducanu withdrew on the eve of the major through injury, 10 British players fell to defeat on the opening day, while Jack Draper also pulled out of his mouth-watering opening round tie against Taylor Fritz with a recurring arm injury.
British tennis was in the doldrums and there looked to be no light at the end of the tunnel.That was before Fery and his high-risk, high-reward style of play hit the courts.
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Arthur Fery has stunned fans with his style of play
Controversy and nosebleeds: Fery’s route to semi-finalsFery has drawn controversy throughout his run to the Wimbledon semi-finals too. In his opening-round four-set win over Bosnia’s Damir Dzumhur, he was accused of dishonesty by his opponent over a let call.Dzumhur felt a Fery serve had caught the tape which led to him complaining to the official asking for Fery to be “honest”.He said: “I felt like he stopped, nobody called let. I didn’t ask him to replay but just to be honest, because I would do that. Obviously we are not all the same.”
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Arthur Fery suffered with nose bleeds against Zizou Bergs
In his third-round win…
2026-07-08 19:07:00
