Flavio Cobolli was beaten 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 6-0 by British wildcard Arthur Fery in the Wimbledon 2026 quarter-finals, and the Italian ninth seed wasted no time booking the earliest flight back to Rome
Flavio Cobolli wasted no time in securing his journey home just moments after his loss to Arthur Fery – even before meeting the press. The Italian ninth seed was completely dominated by the British marvel on Wimbledon’s Centre Court, falling 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 6-0 in the quarter-finals.
He quickly organised his return to Rome by booking the earliest possible flight from London. A dejected Cobolli confessed: “I came here too early. I felt my body still on the court. The emotions are still there.
“It’s tough to talk also for me that I always have a smile on my face, also when I lose. Maybe today I don’t sleep really well, also because I have the flight very early. I already took it.
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“I want to go home straight and fast as possible. Of course, from tomorrow I will reset my mind,” reports the Mirror.
“I think I go to make two days off with my girlfriend, maybe easier to forget about this loss. Still, like I said before, I’m a quarter-finalist of a Grand Slam, so I have to be happy about myself.”
Cobolli heads back to Italy with a £480,000 prize money cheque awaiting collection on his arrival. He also leaves with lifetime Wimbledon passes, having secured his spot in the exclusive final-eight fraternity.
“I felt the game of Arthur was really good for him, the way that I played, and I think the perfect game for him,” added Cobolli. “I think that I didn’t play good since the first point of the match. Maybe I was a little bit nervous. Maybe I felt the pressure that normally I don’t feel.
“Play a quarter-final against a guy that already played marathon match, many hours on court, ranking lower than me, so I felt like it was a chance to have a good day for me today.
“Maybe, like my team says, I wasn’t so humble since the first point, but I felt that it wasn’t my day. But still quarter-final in Grand Slam, so I’m still happy.”
Fery, who becomes only the second wildcard in Wimbledon history to reach a semi-final, will face second seed Alexander Zverev on Friday. He said: “I can’t believe it, it’s incredible playing on Centre Court for the second time, the second win.”