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British Wildcard Arthur Fery Stuns Wimbledon, Reaches First Semi-Final
BBC Sport·Thursday, 9 July 2026
Arthur Fery, a British wildcard, defeated Italy's Flavio Cobolli in straight sets to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals. He is the first British wildcard and only the second player in tournament history to achieve this feat. Fery said he was always confident, having already beaten Cobolli at the Australian Open earlier this year.
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Wimbledon is one of the world's biggest sporting events and a home wildcard reaching the semis is a rare, headline-grabbing story that tennis fans everywhere are talking about.
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