British tennis player Arthur Fery, 23, has reached the Wimbledon semi-finals after beating ninth seed Flavio Cobolli in straight sets on Centre Court, having entered the tournament only as a wildcard. As Britain's last man standing in the men's draw, his run has secured prize money of £900,000 and made him the focus of national attention ahead of his next match.

Fery, who was born in the Paris suburb of Sèvres and comes from a sporting family, was watched by his separated parents — his former tennis-player mother Olivia and his multi-millionaire father Loïc Féry, who owns a French top-flight football club. His mother once qualified for the 1991 French Open as a wildcard herself, mirroring her son's route into Wimbledon. Fery has progressed despite repeated on-court nosebleeds, which he has said he intends to address, and next faces second seed and reigning French Open champion Alexander Zverev on Friday.