‘I’ve always believed’: Fery in dreamland after crushing Cobolli to reach last four

Arthur Fery stretches to return during his emphatic straight-sets victory against Flavio Cobolli. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Arthur Fery described his run to the Wimbledon semi-finals as a product of his immense self-belief, after he defeated the ninth seed, Flavio Cobolli, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-0 on Wednesday.

“That’s just what I’ve tried to do for the past 10 days,” Fery said. “Just believe in myself, do the best I can do every match, give myself 100%, and see then where that will take me. Today especially, because I’ve beaten him in Australia, so I knew I could do it, and yeah I did.”