Fery 'stands tall and takes advantage' to continue dream Wimbledon run
Summary
British tennis player Arthur Fery won an important match against Grigor Dimitrov in five sets to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon. Fery is the first wildcard and player ranked outside the top 100 to get this far at Wimbledon since 2014.Key Facts
- Arthur Fery beat Grigor Dimitrov with scores of 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-7).
- Fery reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals as a wildcard player.
- No wildcard has won Wimbledon since Goran Ivanisevic in 2001.
- Fery is 23 years old and will turn 24 on Sunday.
- Last January, Fery was injured and retired from a low-level tournament.
- Fery has played only eight Grand Slam matches before this tournament.
- He grew up near Wimbledon and trained in British tennis programs.
- Fery studied science, technology, and society at Stanford University on a tennis scholarship.
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