Hanging by Fabio Fognini in the first round, the Spaniard did not this time last suspense against the British qualified.
The double holder of the title Carlos Alcaraz easily disposed of the little British thumbs Oliver Tarvet, 733rd in the world from qualifying, in three rounds on Wednesday to cross the second round of Wimbledon. There was no fairy tale on the central, but the public feasted with acrobatic slippages, frantic races and daring winnings of English (21) born in St Albans, north of London.
The spectators even reserved for him an ovation, standing, at the end of the game, and he exchanged a friendly tape with Alcaraz, who applauded him at the exit of the court. The Spaniard nevertheless made sure to limit the suspense and the duration of the match to the maximum (6-1, 6-4, 6-4 in 2h16), two days after a marathon in five sets against the Italian veteran Fabio Fognini.
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In the third round, the world number two will face the German Jan-Lennard Struff (125th) or the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (28th). White cap on the skull, “Ollie” Tarvet forced Alcaraz to rule out three break balls from the very first game of the match, concluded in favor of the Spaniard after eight long minutes.
He lost the first round without appeal but he went back to the entrance to the second, where he led 2-0 before giving in again. Rebelote in the third: the young Englishman took control at the start, then was doubled by the recent winner of Roland-Garros.
Tarvet had to go through the qualifying towers to join the main draw and make his first appearance on the ATP circuit. A student in San Diego, he participated the rest of the year in the American university championship, with an amateur status preventing him from touching all the earnings to which he could have claimed Wimbledon.
