\u201cYeah, of course it helps confidence. Yeah, I mean, I wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s like necessarily a turning point or anything like that,\u201d Fearnley said in his press conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just, yeah, I\u2019m honestly just happy to get the win, to be honest. I just try and stay in the present, keep it match by match, and obviously just try and do my best every match. You know, recently, I think I said it in my pre-tournament press, that I have just been trying to enjoy playing again and enjoy, you know, life outside of the court, as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo far it\u2019s been helping me a lot on the court. Yeah, I\u2019m just going to try and keep that going, because yeah, when I\u2019m enjoying my tennis, that\u2019s when I play my best.\u201d<\/p>\n
A big test awaits Fearnley in the second round when he takes on Spaniard Jaume Munar<\/a>. A big win for Munar in the opening round as he knocked out Queen\u2019s Club champion Francisco Cerundolo<\/a>. The Spaniard has a physical and powerful game with no clear weaknesses in his game. Munar will be full of confidence and will see this as a big opportunity to reach the third round of a Grand Slam.<\/p>\n Fearnley will aim to be aggressive on serve and will use the forehand in order to dictate the rallies. Meanwhile, Munar will use the backhand to be physical from the baseline and will aim to be efficient on return. This will be a tough match for Fearnley but if he can be as resilient as he was in the first round then this is definitely a winnable match for the Brit.<\/p>\n Prediction: Fearnley in five sets.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Arthur Fery [WC] v Otto Virtanen [Q] | H2H & Match FundamentalsArthur Fery [WC] v Otto Virtanen [Q] \u00a0H2H: First Meeting\u00a0\u00a0Wimbledon 2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0London, England\u00a0\u00a0Grass (O)\u00a0Prize Money: \u00a3126,000First on Court 18 (11:00 BST)BBC One, BBC Two and BBC IPlayer<\/p>\n A second year in a row that Arthur Fery <\/a>has won a match at Wimbledon. The Brit tuned in both figuratively and literally thanks to his headphones to ignore Damir Dzumhur <\/a>and prevail in a four set battle. The British wildcard has been playing some incredible tennis recently and is determined to carry on his recent form at Wimbledon as he searches for more success at SW19. After his win against the Bosnian, Fery admitted that his win this year felt more normal than last year.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, partly because \u2013 well, mostly because my ranking is higher, and I feel like I\u2019m more deserving of being here on my own ranking,\u201d Fery stated in his press conference.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s obviously, yeah, obviously unbelievable for us players who aren\u2019t in the top 100 to be able to get wildcards. I have been very well supported by the LTA and All England for these past years. But, yeah, it feels more normal. Today I played, my opponent was not much higher ranked than me, so yeah, all that makes it feel more normal.\u201d<\/p>\n Next up for Fery is surprisingly qualifier Otto Virtanen<\/a>. There was a composed look about Virtanen as he kept his cool to edge out Ben Shelton <\/a>in a fifth set tiebreak to knockout the fourth seed. On paper, it was a shock but when you look at Virtanen\u2019s form it shouldn\u2019t really be a shock. The qualifier reached finals in Nottingham and Birmingham and has a big serve mixed with powerful tools from the baseline. Now, Virtanen will look to keep his run going as he looks to make the third round of Wimbledon.<\/p>\n Fery will use the slice to try and force errors from Virtanen while the backhand is expected to do most of the damage. Meanwhile, Virtanen will serve aggressively and will use the forehand to pin Fery behind the baseline. This will be a match between two confident players and this could go all the way. This is too close to call but the home crowd may power Fery over the finishing line.<\/p>\n Prediction: Fery in five sets. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n How to Watch\/Follow Wimbledon 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Tony Fairbairn, Britwatch Sports at WimbledonJacob Fearnley [WC] v Jaume Munar | H2H: First MeetingArthur Fery [WC]…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[170599,49,48,109281,61820,198733,82,593,614],"class_list":["post-773786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-arthur-fery","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jacob-fearnley","tag-jaume-munar","tag-otto-virtanen","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-wimbledon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Connected-Clubs-Graphic.png\"\/)
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