British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

pauliscot wrote:

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Feels to me his strengths are : speed, tennis IQ, extremely good technique on all shots meaning they don't break down under pressure, ability to « lock down » when needed, incredible focus and calmness when under pressure - seems to play his best when most needed e.g. hitting aces in tie breaks

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I think that's a really good summary as to why Arthur's doing so well - add all of that up and you get one really good all round player.

In addition, US college serves as a great apprenticeship and is where Arthur's honed his inherent skill set - you get to become well rounded while combining good tennis, good academics (Stanford will expect their student athletes to perform to a good level here too) in a very social environment - no lonely hot housing here.

seagull wrote:

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JonH wrote:

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Intrigued to see what his schedule will be after this - he will probably get into all ATP events he wants to for the next 12 months or so. His schedule seems clear at the moment. Washington entry list is out, so whether he would aim to get a wildcard there or start the next week? Is it Canada after that? Lists don't seem to be out for that yet, so his new ranking should get him in there directly and to Cinci as well (and the USO, of course).

Probably needs a wise set of heads around him to not overplay and take all of this in, but we probably shouldn't be surprised if there is a little let down after this is over.

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 Canada lists are out and obviously Arthur not on them. Must be a wildcard posibility tho.

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 ok - Tick Tock tennis only seems to up to Washington, I must look at other sites!  

pauliscot wrote:

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Feels to me his strengths are : speed, tennis IQ, extremely good technique on all shots meaning they dont break down under pressure, ability to « lock down » when needed, incredible focus and calmness when under pressure - seems to play his best when most needed e.g. hitting aces in tie breaks

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 I think this lock down part is so interesting - as said above, watching Arthur's MTB against Bergs, and the end of the first and second sets yesterday, and Djoko's MTB against Felix - the play was very similar, the choices of shot, the look in their eyes, the walk, it was just - as you say - lock down

The French press are obviously going into overdrive 

So much written about 'why's he playing for GB?????'

All quite funny really - 'Frenchman feels English ' headlines

With the FFT being disappointed or resigned or feeling blue 

One example saying (summary): 'yeah, the British are obviously well happy that Arthur has flown the Union Jack right into the semis, But France is obviously pretty frustrated that they've missed the chance of a Grand Slam semifinalist. Haven't had one since 2016, with Monfils in the US. And although the administrative rules mean Arthur has the right to change back, and represent France, there's nothing at all to indicate that he's any intention of ever doing so'    

"La Grande-Bretagne doit être bien heureuse de voir Arthur Fery emmener l'Union Jack en demi-finale du Grand Chelem anglais. La France, elle, est sûrement frustrée de voir qu'elle est passée à côté d'un demi-finaliste de Grand Chelem. La dernière demi-finale d'un Français dans un tel tournoi date de Gaël Monfils à l'US Open 2016. Si Arthur Fery a administrativement le droit de changer de nationalité au cours de sa carrière et de représenter à nouveau la France, notamment en Coupe Davis ou aux Jeux olympiques, rien n'indique à l'heure actuelle que le concerné souhaite modifier le drapeau affiché aux côtés de son nom sur l'affichage du score."

Coup Droit wrote:

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pauliscot wrote:

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Feels to me his strengths are : speed, tennis IQ, extremely good technique on all shots meaning they dont break down under pressure, ability to « lock down » when needed, incredible focus and calmness when under pressure - seems to play his best when most needed e.g. hitting aces in tie breaks

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 I think this lock down part is so interesting - as said above, watching Arthur's MTB against Bergs, and the end of the first and second sets yesterday, and Djoko's MTB against Felix - the play was very similar, the choices of shot, the look in their eyes, the walk, it was just - as you say - lock down

The French press are obviously going into overdrive 

So much written about 'why's he playing for GB?????'

All quite funny really - 'Frenchman feels English ' headlines

With the FFT being disappointed or resigned or feeling blue 

One example saying (summary): 'yeah, the British are obviously well happy that Arthur has flown the Union Jack right into the semis, But France is obviously pretty frustrated that they've missed the chance of a Grand Slam semifinalist. Haven't had one since 2016, with Monfils in the US. And although the administrative rules mean Arthur has the right to change back, and represent France, there's nothing at all to indicate that he's any intention of ever doing so'    

"La Grande-Bretagne doit être bien heureuse de voir Arthur Fery emmener l'Union Jack en demi-finale du Grand Chelem anglais. La France, elle, est sûrement frustrée de voir qu'elle est passée à côté d'un demi-finaliste de Grand Chelem. La dernière demi-finale d'un Français dans un tel tournoi date de Gaël Monfils à l'US Open 2016. Si Arthur Fery a administrativement le droit de changer de nationalité au cours de sa carrière et de représenter à nouveau la France, notamment en Coupe Davis ou aux Jeux olympiques, rien n'indique à l'heure actuelle que le concerné souhaite modifier le drapeau affiché aux côtés de son nom sur l'affichage du score."

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Pure focus and intelligence - a lethal combo so far.  

Thanks for the French response, it's really interesting. I know he did play for France then swapped, but why did he swap?

It is remarkable, with by all appearances so much better a tennis system and culture, and so many players, but such a lack of Slam success when they want it so much.

And very funny  

There's a lengthy profile of Arthur in today's Times, but only subscribers will be able to read it in full (& the archive site is still not playing ball!  ).  It adds no more to the reason why he now plays for GBR than the Beeb extract.  It includes quotes from Johanna Konta, the Bryan brothers & Jamie Delgado.  It also refers to his younger brother & sister, the former, it seems, also resident in the UK:

His younger brother, Maxime, is a runner at this year's Championships, bringing rackets for players.  Fery's younger sister, Albane, went to university in the US, at Wake Forest in North Carolina, and was a college-level distance runner. Maxime is studying at Imperial College London, where he plays tennis and football.

That said, there are a couple of bad screw-ups:

Relatively unknown outside the intimate world of British tennis a fortnight ago, the victory has elevated Fury into tennis superstardom.

and in the same paragraph:

Plagued by an elbow injury last year, he began the tournament ranked No 461 in the world. In the live rankings he has risen to No 36.

the latter despite an earlier - accurate - statement that "Despite sitting 104 places below his opponent, Flavio Cobolli, in the world rankings..."  Sloppy!