British number one Arthur Fery lost his first ATP Tour final, going down in straight sets to Peru's Ignacio Buse at the Winston-Salem Open. The defeat comes despite a remarkable run for the 24-year-old, who was ranked outside the world's top 100 just eight weeks ago before reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals in July.

Buse won 6-3 6-2, breaking to love for a 5-3 lead in the first set before pulling further ahead in the second, with Fery unable to close the gap despite briefly clawing back a break. Fery becomes British number one on Monday, rising to world number 33 and overtaking Cameron Norrie, while Buse, 22, claims his second career title and becomes the youngest ever Winston-Salem champion. Fery now heads straight to the US Open, where he faces Italy's 13th seed Lorenzo Musetti in round one, as one of nine British players in the men's and women's main draws, though Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu are absent through injury.