It is known that the Wimbledon trophy in the women's competition will go to the Czech Republic, and Saturday's final will decide whether Karolina Muchova or Linda Noskova will take it away.
The men's semifinals are tomorrow (Friday), with second-seeded Alexander Zverev playing against the "guy from the neighborhood", 114th-ranked tennis player Artur Ferri on Center Court from 2:30 p.m.
After him, the classic follows - world number one Janik Siner will defend his title against third seed and seven-time All England Tennis Club champion Novak Djokovic.
Siner, Zverev and Djokovic justified their roles as the top three favorites, but Ferri, who is Arthur Ferri!?
The young man, who grew up just a kilometer from the Central Court, where he studied at the "Royal School", had only one victory at the ATP level! He came to Wimbledon with a special invitation and so far, only the winner of 2001 - Goran Ivanišević from Split - has advanced further with it.
At Wimbledon, Ferri proved that he is a top grass tennis player, with victories over Zizi Bergs, who came to Wimbledon after winning the Eastbourne grass title, and Grigor Dimitrov, who was prevented by injury from stopping Siner last year - the Bulgarian led 2:0 in sets...
"Everywhere I look in the audience I see familiar faces, whether from high school, the store, the neighborhood... So it helps me and distracts me from the importance of the matches. I grew up literally five minutes from Center Court," said the 23-year-old Briton.
If he pulls off another surprise, after easily eliminating Roland Garros finalist Flavio Cobolli, Ferri will play the Wimbledon final on his birthday, July 12th.
"I was studying! The ATP finals were taking place in London, so I had the opportunity to be a sparring partner for Novak Djokovic or Daniil Medvedev during or before the final Masters. Djokovic is extremely focused, and Medvedev loved to joke and is incredibly friendly. What they have in common is that they would be equally self-critical with every poorly played point, and they are truly incredible professionals," said the 175-centimeter-tall tennis player from Wimbledon.
However, incredible mobility, composure in the most important points, changes of pace and early ball striking are the trump cards that Feri uses to cover up his lack of height for playing on fast surfaces. He showed that he plays important points extremely well in all four tiebreaks he won.
He is the son of French parents, his businessman father was the owner of Lorient in Ligue 1, before embarking on a successful business in the financial sector in England, and his mother, Olivia Gravero, was a professional tennis player with a best rating of 225th on the WTA.
After college at Wimbledon, Ferry graduated from the prestigious American Stanford, where he was the first player from that university to be ranked first in the NCAA league rankings after doubles icon Bob Bryan.
He went to university, despite the fact that he had won prestigious tournaments in juniors and had shown signs of a bright tennis future...
In any case, Feri is looking forward to progressing and at least entering the top 40 on the ATP list.
His chances are only 15 percent in the semifinals (1.15), against the German, according to bookmakers, Djokovic is only given a 20 percent chance of beating Siner - 1,2.
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