Britain’s Arthur Fery suffered further punishment at the hands of Alexander Zverev as he was emphatically beaten in the quarter-finals of the Erste Bank Open.

Fery’s remarkable run to the semi-finals of this year’s Wimbledon as a wild card entrant ended in a straight-sets defeat to eventual runner-up Zverev .

The 24-year-old has struggled to reproduce the form he showed during the summer and was again outclassed by the top seed on Friday in Vienna, losing 6-0 6-2.

Reigning French Open and US Open champion Zverev is set to replace Jannik Sinner as world number one on Monday.

The 29-year-old, who will become the second German man to top the rankings after Boris Becker in 1991, hit 19 winners as he breezed through in just 59 minutes.

Zverev revealed he had struggled to sleep on Thursday night after securing his rise above Sinner in the global standings by beating Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor in the last 16.

He will face either Matteo Berrettini or fifth seed Alex de Minaur in his 12th semi-final of the…