Zverev reaches 4th round at Wimbledon, Fery keeps British flag flying

Men's second seed Alexander Zverev reached the last 16 at Wimbledon for the fourth time on Saturday as belief grows that this time the German is ready to make his mark on grass.

Zverev, still on cloud nine after claiming his long-awaited maiden Grand Slam title at the French Open, breezed past Marcos Giron 6-2 7-6(4) 6-4 on Court One.

The 29-year-old has never gone past the fourth round at the All England Club and admits that grass remains his weakest surface, although he has made confident noises this week.

After dropping a set against Alexander Blockx in the opening round, he has been untroubled with the dry, hard conditions clearly to the liking of the big server.

Things could get tougher in the next round though for Zverev as he will be up against powerful Czech 13th seed Jiri Lehecka.

Britain's Arthur Fery kept the home flag flying as he defied a nosebleed in a thrilling fightback against Belgium's Zizou Bergs to reach the last 16.

Fans crammed around Court 18 roared on the 23-year-old as he battled back from nowhere to win 2-6 7-5 2-6 7-6(3) 7-6(5) in the longest match so far at this year's championships.

Britain lost 15 of its 19 singles starters in round one and wildcard Fery was the only one to reach the third round.

He looked to be heading for defeat against 37th ranked Bergs when he trailed by two sets to one and a double break of serve.

Bergs tightened up though and his serve failed him as Fery stormed back to set up a deciding set.

In a raucous atmosphere, with crowds wedged on every vantage point in the late afternoon sunshine, Bergs moved 4-1 ahead in the fifth set, but again he could not shake off Fery.

A nosebleed for Fery when he served at 4-5 added to the drama but he looked the far calmer player as the deciding first-to-10 tiebreaker began.

With error flying off the racket of a crestfallen Bergs, Fery completed victory before collapsing onto his back in relief and exhaustion after four hours and 38 minutes.

Fery is the first British wildcard to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon since Andrew Foster in 1993 but with his ranking set to go into the top-100, the France-born player is now set to become a regular on the ATP Tour.