"Emma won a Slam and I didn't but there was still a lot of media attention": Arthur Fery ready for Raducanu type media glare after Wimbledon run
ATPMonday, 13 July 2026 at 15:07
Arthur Fery has said that he is ready for what will come next in regards to his media commitments as a result of being the next cab off the rank in terms of British tennis.
Fery is now British No.1 as of today after his fantastic Wimbledon run that saw him beat Zizou Bergs, Flavio Cobolli and Grigor Dimitrov before he was defeated by Alexander Zverev who promptly lost to Jannik Sinner.
But after being relatively only known in British spheres, he is ready for the Emma Raducanu effect so to speak. He said that while he isn't big headed enough to put himself in the same sphere as Raducanu of course won a major, he said that he has already seen the rise of him being asked for media and the pressure.
"Yes, even already a little bit during the tournament I was thinking of life after and how I was going to handle all that because we've seen it with people who've broken through in that manner before," Fery said as per Sky Sports.
Fery ready for Raducanu type attention
"With Emma obviously, Emma won a Slam and I didn't but there was still a lot of media attention.
"It is going to be really important to handle that - the expectation from myself and also the public."
But now he is in the position where he is guaranteed to get into tournaments, something that he hasn't before so he knows whether he can do it week on week which he is a fan of. "It means I can play the top players week in week out and compare myself to them and keep working on my tennis," said Fery.
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"I am going to have to get accustomed to the full life of tour with more media attention and all of that but I think I'm ready for it.
"It is going to be a first as well playing the US Open. I didn't even play qualifiers last year so it's going be a great experience."
But it was also a new experience as he adorned Centre Court and also played in front of and met royalty. Something that Fery is a far cry from previously. "I was definitely nervous walking onto Centre Court for the first time and playing great great players but it was healthy nerves," he said.
"It meant I cared and that I wanted to do really the best I could.
"So, playing in front of the Queen, playing in front of Kate [Middleton] and Roger [Federer] it was all new to me, but it was good nerves."
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