After the Wimbledon dream came Arthur Fery’s New York nightmare as the British No1 was knocked out of the US Open just over two hours after his debut by Lorenzo Musetti, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5.
The British No1’s ranking was only a stone’s throw from receiving a seeded berth in Queens and he was badly punished, drawn against the world No14 who barely broke a sweat on a brutally humid afternoon.
A downpour delayed the start of the match by about four hours, but did little to clear the thick cloud hovering low over Grandstand, the air sticky with heat. Fery’s shirt was
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