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No scheduling regrets for Arthur Fery but 'lots of ideas to work on' after US Open exit against Lorenzo Musetti in first round React to this story British No. 1 Arthur Fery was left with ”a lot of ideas” to work on after losing on his US Open debut to Lorenzo Musetti in the first round in New York. Fery’s hopes of following up his Wimbledon heroics with another Grand Slam run were ended by a 6-3 6-3 7-5 loss to the 13th seed. Fery has enjoyed a breakout summer, reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon and also making his first ATP Tour final at the Winston-Salem Open. His results have seen him move up from 114th in the ATP world rankings to inside the top 40. But he was handed a tough draw on his US Open debut against Musetti, who has been as high as No. 5 in the world rankings and is working his way back to form after missing the last two majors due to injury. Fery was one spot away from being seeded at the Grand Slam, which would have seen him avoid a fellow seed early in the draw. ”I know what I have to work on,” said Fery after the straight-sets defeat. ”I got a lot of ideas coming straight off the court of what I have to work on to do better. ”My serve really let me down today, which is not usually the case, but I’ve been struggling a little bit to find my rhythm on the serve. ”Today was particularly a struggle, but definitely playing guys at that level, it’s tough and the margins are small.” Fery’s serve cost him in the first set as he threw in back-to-back double faults to gift Musetti a break. Musetti broke again to take the set and his heavy hitting continued to push Fery back and put him on the defensive. Fery found himself in deeper trouble after squandering four break points at 4-2 down in the second set. The British No. 1 did break for the first time in the third set when Musetti went long with a backhand. The Italian responded by winning the next four games in a row, but Fery battled to get back to 5-5. However, Musetti came out on top as he booked his place in the next round. "He makes you really work for points, exposes weaknesses, but I was getting better and better as the match went on," said Fery. "I slowly started to get used to the conditions and play better tennis until a really bad game at 5-5 in the third set. "Then the match was over when I was feeling I could get into it." Fery admitted he might have been slightly underprepared for the US Open due to playing last week at the Winston-Salem Open - but had no regrets about his decision. ”The Grand Slams are the biggest tournaments and everyone has their eye on them,” he added. ”At the same time, would I sign for these past two weeks? Probably, to be honest. ”It’s a lot of ranking points, it’s a first ATP final, so it’s good. Even though it meant that my preparation for the US Open was not great. ”It's the life we are used to as tennis players going from tournament to tournament every week. ”It would have been great to have the best of both worlds but I am happy with how I handled Winston-Salem and here.” - - - Add TNT Sports as a preferred source here to enjoy more content like this Watch and stream top tennis action, including the Australian Open and French Open, live with TNT Sports on HBO Max. Related Topics