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Flavio Cobolli has already made plans following his Wimbledon defeat to British wildcard Arthur Fery in their quarter-final showdown

Flavio Cobolli wasted no time in booking his flight home just minutes after his defeat to Arthur Fery - even before facing the media. The Italian ninth seed was thoroughly outclassed by the British sensation on Wimbledon's Centre Court, going down 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 6-0 in the quarter-finals.

He swiftly arranged to return to Rome by securing the earliest available flight out of London. A crestfallen Cobolli admitted: "I came here too early. I felt my body still on the court. The emotions are still there.

"It's tough to talk also for me that I always have a smile on my face, also when I lose. Maybe today I don't sleep really well, also because I have the flight very early. I already took it.

"I want to go home straight and fast as possible. Of course, from tomorrow I will reset my mind.

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"I think I go to make two days off with my girlfriend, maybe easier to forget about this loss. Still, like I said before, I'm a quarter-finalist of a Grand Slam, so I have to be happy about myself."

Cobolli departs for Italy with a £480,000 cheque waiting to be cashed upon his return. He also walks away with lifetime Wimbledon tickets, having earned his place in the prestigious last-eight club.

"I felt the game of Arthur was really good for him, the way that I played, and I think the perfect game for him," added Cobolli.

"I think that I didn't play good since the first point of the match. Maybe I was a little bit nervous. Maybe I felt the pressure that normally I don't feel.

"Play a quarter-final against a guy that already played marathon match, many hours on court, ranking lower than me, so I felt like it was a chance to have a good day for me today.

"Maybe, like my team says, I wasn't so humble since the first point, but I felt that it wasn't my day. But still quarter-final in Grand Slam, so I'm still happy."

Fery, who is just the second wildcard in Wimbledon history to make it through to a semi-final, will play second seed Alexander Zverev on Friday. He said: "I can't believe it, it's incredible playing on Centre Court for the second time, the second win."

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