Alexander Zverev reached the semi-finals of the Vienna Open after defeating Britain's Arthur Fery, BBC News reported. The outlet said the win came as Zverev marked his rise to world number one.
BBC News described the victory as a "dominant victory" over Fery. The report, as it appears in the source material, did not give the scoreline, so the margin of the win and the number of games or sets played are not known from that account.
The BBC News report identified the event as the Vienna Open and named both players. It did not say which round the match was played in beyond the fact that Zverev advanced to the semi-finals, and it did not give the time at which the match was contested.
According to BBC News, Zverev's advance came alongside his rise to the top of the men's rankings. The summary did not say when he reached the top position or how that status was confirmed, and it did not describe how Fery arrived at the match.
The story rests on a single source. The BBC News report carried no named author in the material available, so no reporter can be identified from it. The account has not been checked against other outlets or against the official tournament record, and details beyond those in the BBC News summary cannot be confirmed from this report.
Sources: BBC News: Zverev thrashes GB's Fery to reach Vienna semis.