Arthur Fery said a little procedure four days ago helped settle the nosebleed problem that had followed him through Wimbledon, and the issue was gone in his quarter-final against Flavio Cobolli. The British player’s own line — Loïc Fery girlfriend aside — is that the fix was small, the timing mattered, and the next test is Alexander Zverev.
“I had a little procedure four days ago here on it. That seemed to help,” Fery said after beating Cobolli in straight sets. He added: “Just getting the blood vessels cauterised in the nose. A small thing. Nothing major. Didn't hurt. I've also tried to avoid wiping with a towel straight on the nose. I think that was also not helping, so just a combination of things, just a bit of luck as well.”
Wimbledon and the nosebleeds
Three separate nosebleeds disrupted Fery’s five-set encounter with Zizou Bergs, forcing medical treatment during the match. After that win, his team said doctors would be consulted, and the next step was the cauterisation procedure that sealed the broken blood vessels by lightly burning them.
That sequence matters because the quarter-final was the first match in which the problem did not reappear. Fery got through Cobolli in straight sets with no nosebleeds mentioned once, which gave his run at Wimbledon a cleaner look at exactly the stage where repeated stoppages could have slowed him again.
Zverev waits in the semi-final
Fery now faces Alexander Zverev in the semi-final, and the matchup comes with a useful benchmark. Zverev said: “The first time I watched him play was actually in Australia. He beat Cobolli in the first round. I watched that match,” before adding, “I was very impressed back then already. He has a very clean technique and very clean groundstrokes. I thought he was a very good tennis player already back then. Of course, it's maybe a surprise a little bit that he's in the semifinals. But I think he deserves it. The wins that he had, the way he fought back in a couple of those matches, is great to see. It's a great story.”
Fery has also said, “Playing big servers is something I've really improved on, accepting sometimes getting aced a lot, and having more pressure on my service games. I'm a great returner, I think. Just try to apply pressure that way,” and that is the cleaner read on where this run now sits. The nosebleed issue looks contained for the moment; the next hurdle is whether he can keep that edge against Zverev without the old interruption returning.
