Tim Henman
Former British number one on BBC One

Arthur Fery is the one that has had to go out and get at it in each and every round.

When you talk about his lack of experience, he started the year ranked about 190 in the world and he was in qualifying in Melbourne. His win over Flavio Cobolli in the first round at the Australian Open was important today, just knowing that he had beaten him before.

When you are coming in with confidence, grass is a good surface. He has good tennis IQ. He is a phenomenal mover, as he showcases with the way he can stay in some of these rallies. The way he has handled the occasion is impeccable. When opportunities have been earned, he has taken them each time.

Few know the expectation of the Wimbledon crowd more than Tim Henman.

Check out his reaction to Arthur Fery's achievement today.

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Arthur Fery met with Queen Camilla shortly before he walked out onto Centre Court for his quarter-final, and she was among those applauding in the Royal Box as the British wildcard secured his place in the Wimbledon semi-finals.

Some more from second seed Alexander Zverev after his win over Taylor Fritz to set up a semi-final with Britain's Arthur Fery: "It is OK, you guys can all be for Fery - I understand and don't have a problem with it. I hope it is good for me.

"It is going to be an exciting day for both of us as it is our first semi final.

"For him it's a fairytale story - a fairytale for Arthur Fery, see what I did there?

"I have to trust myself and trust my tennis and see what happens."

When asked if winning the French Open and finally getting his hands on a Grand Slam title has released the pressure on him as he secured his first Wimbledon semi-final, he said: "I guess, I don't know. I'm just happy to be still in the tournament.

"Last year at this time I was practising on the hard courts already. It is a dream come true to finally play well at Wimbledon. I've waited a long time for it."

Speaking of Alexander Zverev, here's the second seed speaking on Court One after his straight-set win over Taylor Fritz: "It sounds great to be in a semi-final. I hope to play two more matches here. For now I’m extremely happy to be in the semis."

On ending his run of seven straight defeats against Fritz: "He has been beating me for two years straight and I’m very happy to be in the semi finals after finally getting a win.

"Nothing on a tennis court is ever easy. If I would have played my five-year-old daughter it may be easy - for her. I knew I had to focus from the first moment onwards. In my first service game, I had three break points against me so I knew it was going to be a tough match."

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So Arthur Fery will play second seed and French Open champion Alexander Zverev in the Wimbledon semi-finals.

That match will be played on Friday on Centre Court. We've heard he likes it there.

Get through that and he'll be playing in a WIMBLEDON FINAL on his 24th birthday.

Here's some more stats to just illustrate the absolute unbelievability of what Arthur Fery has achieved at SW19 this fortnight.

• This is only his FIFTH Grand Slam main draw appearance
• He is only the SECOND ever (Open era) Wimbledon wildcard men's singles semi-finalist and only the FIFTH (Open era) wildcard men's Grand Slam semi-finalist
• He is the THIRD lowest-ranked player (WR no.114 at start of tournament) to reach a Wimbledon semi since 1985
• He had only won TWO Grand Slam matches before this tournament
• His previous best ATP Tour tournament run was a QUARTER-FINAL at Queen's

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British wildcard Arthur Fery, who started this tournament at 114th in the rankings, is through to the Wimbledon semi-finals after beating ninth seed Flavio Cobolli in straight sets on Centre Court.

Fery saved a break point in the first set.

He recovered from being broken to love in the opening game of the second before storming through the tie-break.

And bageled the world number 10 in the third.

More from Arthur Fery, on whether he would describe himself as cool, calm and collected: "Definitely not on the inside! I felt emotions that I've never experienced before in my life in that last game, and I'm sure it is the same up there [in my coaching box]. It is unbelievable to share this with those guys, they are a great bunch so I'm so happy."

On being the second wildcard to make it through to the Wimbledon men's semi-finals: "I don't know what I'll do over the next couple of days, I've never been in this position before! I guess it will be the first time and we will figure it all out as we go.

"I'm just going to keep going, I've been doing a great job for the past 10 days, so I'm just going to do the same thing and see where that takes me."

Great Britain's Arthur Fery, speaking on Centre Court after beating Italy's Flavio Cobolli in straight sets in his first Grand Slam quarter-final: "It just seems to get better and better every match! I just can't believe it.

"It was incredible playing on Centre Court for the second time and getting a second win. I just can't believe it.

"I played Flavio [Cobolli] earlier this year and I beat him in Australia which was a boost of confidence, so I knew that I could do it even though it was my first time in the quarter-finals and he has done it before in a Grand Slam. I was very nervous beforehand but I just kept going until the finish line."

And breathe.

There's plenty of reaction to the latest chapter in Arthur's Fery-tale still to come, starting with the man himself.

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Only three players have EVER - again in the Open era - reached a men's singles Grand Slam semi-final as a wildcard.

Well, four now.

• Jimmy Connors (1991 US Open)
• Henri Leconte (1992 French Open)
• Goran Ivanisevic (2001 Wimbledon)
• Arthur Fery (2026 Wimbledon)

And these were all superstars coming towards the end of their careers. Arthur Fery has done it as an unheralded 23-year-old.

The last time it happened, he wasn't even born!

And now the question is - can he emulate Ivanisevic by going on to win it all??

Right, we really need to put this into context.

Here is the list of British players - EVER - to reach a Wimbledon men's singles semi-final in the Open era (so, going back 60-odd years).

This doesn't really happen very often... but for a wildcard? An almost-unheard of? He's doing almost unheard-of things that's for sure.

• Andy Murray (7)
• Tim Henman (4)
• Roger Taylor (2)
• Cameron Norrie (1)
• Arthur Fery (1)

The list of Brits reaching a final is even smaller of course.... but let's not look too far ahead, eh?

Two matches between Arthur Fery and Flavio Cobolli in Grand Slams this year - two wins in straight sets for the Briton.

2026 Australian Open - first round

Fery 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 6-1 Cobolli

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2026 Wimbledon - quarter-finals

Fery 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 6-0 Cobolli

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The one time Cobolli didn't run into Fery at a major in 2026, he reached the final of the French Open.

Away from Arthur Fery's history-making run continuing on Centre Court, over on Court One, nobody expected it to be that straightforward for Alexander Zverev, who has secured his first ever Wimbledon semi-final and done it in straight sets.

The French Open champion also ends a rotten run against Taylor Fritz. He had lost their previous seven meetings.

And it was all wrapped up in just under two hours.

Fritz appeared hampered by a knee injury but he couldn't compete with Zverev's brilliance today.