Fery continued his best season at his home Grand Slam, cruising past the Italian Cobolli 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-0 in two hours and 14 minutes to emulate Croatian legend Goran Ivanisevic as the second wild card to storm into the semifinals at Wimbledon. Ivanisevic did one better and reached the final 25 years ago.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 23-year-old Briton, who entered the grass-court major with just six tour-level wins to his name, produced a high-class all-around performance under the baking London sun to overwhelm Top-10 star Cobolli and become the lowest-ranked men\u2019s singles semi-finalist at SW19 since then-World No. 125 Goran Ivanisevic won the title in 2001.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The World No. 114 Fery said his tournament is getting better and better. \u201cIt just seems to be getting better and better every match,\u201d Fery said in his on-court interview. \u201cI just can\u2019t believe it. Incredible, playing on Centre Court for the second time, a second win. I just can\u2019t believe it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fery also became the fifth British man to reach the Wimbledon semifinals in the Open Era after Roger Taylor, Tim Henman, Andy Murray, and Cameron Norrie. In Friday\u2019s semifinals at The All England Club, Fery will take on second seed and Roland Garros champion Alexander Zverev, who defeated sixth seed Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI guess it\u2019s going to be a first time, and we will figure it out as we go,\u201d Fery said when asked about his plans ahead of his clash with Zverev. \"I\u2019m just going to keep going. I\u2019ve been doing a great job over the past 10 days. I\u2019m just going to do the same thing and see where that takes me.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fery also became the fifth British man to reach the Wimbledon semifinals in the Open Era after Roger Taylor, Tim Henman, Andy Murray, and Cameron Norrie. In Friday\u2019s semifinals at The All England Club, Fery will take on second seed and Roland Garros champion Alexander Zverev, who defeated sixth seed Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fritz was hampered by a recurrence of the right knee injury that caused him to miss the clay-court season; even so, Zverev was playing at the peak of his powers. He looked like the Grand Slam champion he is \u2013 and that is a fearsome sight.<\/p>\r\n\r\n