Surprise Wimbledon semifinalist Arthur Fery developed his game at Stanford University

LONDON: There’s also an American angle to the French-born British player who grew up five minutes from the All England Club and has reached the semifinals as a wild card at Wimbledon.
Arthur Fery honed his game by playing three years of college tennis for Stanford University, where he was a two-time All-American.
Now he’s the first former Stanford player to reach the last four at Wimbledon since John McEnroe’s eighth and final Wimbledon semifinal in 1992, when McEnroe was beaten by eventual champion Andre Agassi.
Stanford University coach Paul Goldstein flew in for the occasion and was watching inside Center Court when Fery eliminated French Open runner-up Alexander Zverev in straight sets in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
“Arthur always displayed an emotional maturity and a wisdom beyond his years,” Goldstein told The Associated Press. “When I worked with him at school, it always felt like it was as much of a peer-to-peer relationship as it was coach-to-student relationship with a 25-year age gap between us.”
As a sophomore in 2021-22, Fery became Stanford’s first No.

1 ranked singles player since Bob Bryan nearly quarter century before him.
Before Fery signed for Stanford, Goldstein came over to see him play in the Wimbledon junior tournament in 2019. Fery reached the third round in singles and the semifinals in doubles.
“Just a highly intelligent person, certainly plays the game with a high tennis IQ as well,” Goldstein added.

“His game was at an elite level from an early age. A very independent thinker, he just approached the game with a high level of professionalism from the time he got to school.”
Still, Fery’s 58-16 singles record over his three years at Stanford didn’t make anyone think he would make the jump