{"id":797633,"date":"2026-07-12T19:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/797633\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T19:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:20:14","slug":"is-5ft-9in-arthur-fery-really-diminutive-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/797633\/","title":{"rendered":"Is 5ft 9in Arthur Fery really \u2018diminutive\u2019? | Tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"

You describe the 5ft 9in Arthur Fery as of \u201cdiminutive stature\u201d (Report, 8 July<\/a>). At 5ft 7in, Lionel Messi is even smaller than Fery, but I have never heard commentators describe him as diminutive. Closer to home, the previous Wimbledon winners Ken Rosewall and Rod Laver were of a similar height. Diminutive? You cannot be serious.
Derek Carline (5ft 4in)
Chorlton, Manchester<\/p>\n

After Donald Trump\u2019s interference in sendings-off in the World Cup (Trump confirms he asked Infantino for review of Folarin Balogun red card, 6 July<\/a>), perhaps it\u2019s time to have an orange card for those who are sent off but have friends in high places.
Dr Colin Bannon
Crapstone, Devon<\/p>\n

I learned to read in the mid-1940s, before Dick and Dora<\/a>, with the help and encouragement of my parents. I have reached the age of 85 unaware of \u201cbasic decoding and automaticity\u201d (Letters, 8 July<\/a>). What on earth is it? How do I explain it to my grandchildren?
Dr Roger Merry
Farmborough, Somerset<\/p>\n

Doctors administering the standard memory test for dementia (Letters, 9 July<\/a>) must be alarmed by the rapidly increasing number of patients who cannot name the current prime minister.
Ann Parsons
Winchcombe, Gloucestershire<\/p>\n

After a couple of weeks of letters about memory tests, I think I\u2019m pretty much coached and prepared for the challenge when it arises.
Siobh\u00e1n N\u00ed Chuanaigh
Clonskeagh, Dublin, Ireland<\/p>\n

This time last year, I paid just under \u00a310 to see the Bayeux tapestry in Bayeux. The London price is \u00a333<\/a>. I blame Brexit.
Mike Jones
Exeter<\/p>\n

Have an opinion on anything you\u2019ve read in the Guardian today? Please email<\/a> us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our letters<\/a> section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You describe the 5ft 9in Arthur Fery as of \u201cdiminutive stature\u201d (Report, 8 July). At 5ft 7in, Lionel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-797633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797633","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=797633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}