Wild card player Arthur Ferry created history, reached his first quarterfinal by defeating Dimitrov.

Wild Card Arthur Fery Creates History: A huge upset has been seen in the Wimbledon tennis tournament going on in London. Domestic crowd’s favorite player Arthur Ferry has made a spectacular comeback and has made it to the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time. He achieved this great feat by defeating former world number-3 Grigor Dimitrov 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-7) in a very exciting and close match.

This match has been recorded in the pages of tennis history, as it was the first time in the history of Grand Slam that two wild card players faced each other in the pre-quarterfinals or beyond in the men’s singles.

Dimitrov’s luck changed again

This Wimbledon phase once again proved to be a nightmare for Dimitrov. Last year too, he was out of the same round due to a chest muscle injury after taking a two-set lead against Yannick Sinner. This time too he was leading by two sets to one against Britain’s number three player Arthur Ferry.

Dimitrov had a service break lead twice in the fourth set and when he was leading 4–3 and 15–0, he suddenly lost 11 consecutive points. 23 year old Ferry took full advantage of this sudden change in Dimitrov’s game and leveled the match.

Ferry’s brilliant maturity show on the center court

Arthur Ferry, playing his first match on the center court, displayed intelligence, skill and courage beyond his years. In the extremely stressful tie-breaker of the last and deciding set, he converted the very first match point. As soon as Dimitrov’s backhand shot hit the net, Ferry started celebrating the victory.

With this win, Ferry is now the only British player left in the men’s singles draw at Wimbledon. He became only the sixth British male player in the Open era to reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon. Before him, only legends like Andy Murray, Tim Henman, Roger Taylor, Greg Rusedski and Cameron Norrie have been able to do this feat.

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A series of records were set in the match

With this, Ferry became only the fifth wild card player in the Open era to reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon men’s singles. After Nick Kyrgios (world no. 144) in 2014, he is the first player to reach this position while remaining outside the top-100 ranking. Let us tell you that due to this excellent performance, Ferry’s entry in the top-100 ranking has already been confirmed.

Ferry had never before advanced beyond the second round of a Grand Slam. Now he will face French Open runner-up Flavio Coboli in the quarter-finals. Koboli defeated fifth seed Alex de Minaur 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-3 to advance to the next round. The Paris-born ferry is affectionately known by fans as the &8216;Cross-Channel Ferry&8217; Also say.