Wimbledon 2026: Wildcard Arthur's Ferytale continues!

Arthur Fery celebrates his win over Flavio Cobolli in the last eight on Wednesday. Pic/AFP

If he keeps playing like this, Arthur Fery might just become Wimbledon royalty. Fery grew up five minutes from the All England Club and now the 114th-ranked player is a semi-finalist at the grass-court Grand Slam.

The 23-year-old British player beat World No. 10 Flavio Cobolli 6-4, 7-6 (6-4), 6-0 on Centre Court in front of roaring home fans and a Royal Box contingent that included Britain's Queen Camilla on Wednesday.

In doing so, he became the first wildcard player since Goran Ivanisevic to enter the last four at SW19 since 2001. Interestingly, Ivanisevic went on to beat Pat Rafter and win the title.

"It gets better and better every match. I just can't believe it. I was very nervous beforehand, but I just kept going until the finish line. That last game, I felt emotions that I hadn't experienced before in my life," said an ecstatic Fery.

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No. of years since the last wildcard entrant (Goran Ivanisevic) to reach the semis at Wimbledon

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