{"id":757222,"date":"2026-09-02T01:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T01:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/757222\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T01:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T01:10:13","slug":"us-open-2026-results-arthur-ferys-debut-ended-by-lorenzo-musetti-in-first-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/757222\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open 2026 results: Arthur Fery’s debut ended by Lorenzo Musetti in first round"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arthur Fery was unable to produce a repeat of his Wimbledon heroics as his US Open debut ended in a first-round defeat by Italian 13th seed Lorenzo Musetti.<\/p>\n

Fery, 24, was seeking to build on a sensational, breakout run to the semi-finals at his home Grand Slam this summer, an achievement which catapulted him from 114th in the rankings to inside the top 40.<\/p>\n

But having narrowly missed out on a seeded position in New York – awarded to the top 32 players – the world number 33 was unfortunate to draw talented all-rounder Musetti in his opener.<\/p>\n

Musetti, a quarter-finalist 12 months ago but absent from the past two majors because of a thigh injury, spoiled Fery’s hopes of launching a revival by immediately breaking back twice in the third set before completing a 6-3 6-3 7-5 victory.<\/p>\n

This was only British number one Fery’s second appearance at an overseas major, following his maiden Australian Open campaign in January.<\/p>\n

He was made to wait longer than he might have anticipated to make his tournament bow on a rain-delayed third day at Flushing Meadows, and the match was eventually contested in hot and humid conditions.<\/p>\n

Full of confidence after producing one of the great British stories of recent years at Wimbledon, and off the back of reaching his first ATP Tour final<\/a> at the Winston-Salem Open, Fery appeared at home on Grandstand – the US Open’s third-biggest arena.<\/p>\n

The Briton wore ear plugs during each change of ends, just as he did at Wimbledon to maintain his focus and block out any distracting noise.<\/p>\n

But Musetti proved a silent assassin here, biding his time and making few mistakes when the opportunities arrived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arthur Fery was unable to produce a repeat of his Wimbledon heroics as his US Open debut ended…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":757223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-757222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}