{"id":51444,"date":"2026-08-15T14:48:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/51444\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T14:48:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:48:31","slug":"tennis-atp-cincinnati-2026-fery-competes-as-british-number-one-for-first-time-duckworth-awaits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/51444\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis | ATP Cincinnati 2026 | Fery competes as British number one for first time, Duckworth awaits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Tony Fairbairn<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arthur Fery [32] v James Duckworth<\/li>\n<li>H2H: First Meeting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CINCINNATI, USA \u2013 Arthur Fery competes as British number one for the first time as he returns after his Wimbledon heroics to take on James Duckworth in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>H2H &amp; Match Fundamentals<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">Arthur Fery [32] v James Duckworth \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">H2H: First Meeting \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">ATP Cincinnati 2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Cincinnati, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">Hard (O)\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Prize Money: $36,110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">Fifth on P&amp;G Stadium Court (01:30 BST)<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtv.com\/watch-sky-sports-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sky\/Now TV<\/a> &lt;- Subscription Required<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>It\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/cgi-bin\/player.cgi?p=ArthurFery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Arthur Fery\u2019s <\/a>first appearance since his heroic Wimbledon semi-final run and the new British number one takes on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/cgi-bin\/player.cgi?p=JamesDuckworth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">James Duckworth <\/a>in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tale of the Tape \u2013 Key Stats (Last 52 Weeks)<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">H2H:<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">Arthur Fery (WR 37)<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">James Duckworth (WR 86) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">Tournament Previous Best<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">QR2 (2025)<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">QR1 (2015, 2025)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">1st Serve %<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">62<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">55.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">Service Games Won %<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">80.1<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">Break Points Saved %<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">61<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">63.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">2nd Serve Return Points Won %<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">50.8<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">47.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"208\">Break Points Converted %<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">40.9<\/td>\n<td width=\"208\">34.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Fery will look to be efficient on return and take advantage of Duckworth\u2019s inconsistent returning.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<tr class=\"row-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.connectedclubs.co.uk\/?wpam_id=24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-56592 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Connected-Clubs-Graphic.png\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-56592 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Connected-Clubs-Graphic.png\"\/><\/a><\/tr>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Playing styles and prediction<\/p>\n<p>A great early spell in North America on the clay for Duckworth has been neutralised by some poor recent form. The Australian hasn\u2019t found his confidence and fluidity on serve recently which has cost him some results. Now, Duckworth will aim to find some form ahead of the US Open as he looks to climb up the rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Fery will use the slice to force Duckworth into erratic errors and will look to be aggressive on return. Meanwhile Duckworth will aim to raise his first serve percentage and use the forehand to pin Fery behind the baseline. This should be a tough match for Fery but the Brit\u2019s confidence will be high after Wimbledon and the fully rested Brit should edge through in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Fery in three sets.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How to Watch\/Follow ATP Cincinnati 2026<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Tony Fairbairn Arthur Fery [32] v James Duckworth H2H: First Meeting CINCINNATI, USA \u2013 Arthur Fery competes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6646,18870,450,28],"class_list":["post-51444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-arthur-fery","tag-atp-cincinnati","tag-james-duckworth","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}