Flavio Cobolli makes instant purchase minutes after banking £480k in Arthur Fery loss | Tennis | Sport

Flavio Cobolli booked a flight home minutes after stepping off the court following his loss to Arthur Fery – even before attending his press conference. The Italian No. 9 seed was humbled by the British sensation on Centre Court, losing 6-4, 7-6, 6-0.

He wasted no time in making plans to return to Rome and booked the first flight out of here.

“I came here too early. I felt my body still on the court. The emotion are still there,” an dejected Cobolli said.

“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, of course.

“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 jets back to Italy with a £480,000 cheque that he can cash when he gets home. He is also guaranteed tickets to Wimbledon for the rest of his life after joining the Last 8 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,” Cobolli added.

“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. Can happens. But still quarter-final in Grand Slam, so I’m still happy.”