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Wildcard Fery storms past Cobolli and makes Wimbledon history

Arthur Fery makes history at Wimbledon by defeating Italy's Flavio Cobolli in straight sets to become the first British wildcard and only the second in tournament history, to reach the semi-finals. British wildcard stuns the No 9 seed 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-0Fery will face Alexander Zverev for place in men’s finalIt would have been perfectly reasonable for Arthur Fery to have finally betrayed a few nerves as he stood a point away from establishing a two-set lead in his first grand slam quarter-final.
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  • Arthur Fery makes history at Wimbledon by defeating Italy's Flavio Cobolli in straight sets to become the first British wildcard and only the second in tournament history, to reach the semi-finals. S1
  • British wildcard stuns the No 9 seed 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-0Fery will face Alexander Zverev for place in men’s finalIt would have been perfectly reasonable for Arthur Fery to have finally betrayed a few nerves as he stood a point away from establishing a two-set lea... S2
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