The making of Britain’s new tennis hero: Arthur Fery’s coaches reveal the qualities that convinced them Wimbledon stardom was inevitable

When Arthur Fery walked on to Wimbledon‘s Centre Court with millions watching and a former champion in the stands, many players would have felt the weight of the occasion.

But Fery looked as though he belonged there.

The 23-year-old’s remarkable rise from promising junior to Britain’s newest tennis sensation has been built on a quality his childhood coaches spotted before the trophies arrived: an almost unusual calm under pressure.

Now, after producing one of the great Wimbledon shocks by defeating former world No 3 Grigor Dimitrov in a five-set epic, Fery has announced himself on the biggest stage.

But those who have known him

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