Wimbledon: British world No 733 Oliver Tarvet continues dream run with Carlos Alcaraz next? | Tennis News
The qualifier Oliver Tarvet continued his dream debut in Wimbledon with a victory in the first round – and he could face the defending champion Carlos Alcaraz.
The student of the University of San Diego, 21, is ranked at 733, but he took full advantage of a joker in qualification by winning three games to win his place at the All England Club.
And he looked at the house on the lawns of the All England Club, producing a guaranteed performance to claim a 6-4 6-4 6-4 victory against his qualifying colleague Leandro Riedi in Switzerland.
Tarvet said: “There are a lot of emotions, [I’m] Just really delighted. All the hard work I have taken in recent years has clearly borne fruit.
“This is my first event at the tour of the tour, to come here, go through qualifying, win a match in the first round, having a chance to play perhaps Carlos on Wednesday is just a dream come true.”
The victory is very likely to signify a crack in Alcaraz in the second round – but most of its money price, which is now guaranteed of £ 99,000, should not be claimed.
Tarvet plans to return to university in the United States for its last year, and the rules of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, which manages university sports, obliges players to remain amateur.
Tarvet can claim US dollars (around £ 7,300) as well as the expenses he has incurred during the tournament – he joked that he would make his coach pass to try to make sure that he would not have to give up too much money.
However, there was no harm to be wrong about its realization. The St Albans player struck the air with a large plastered smile on his face after winning the victory.
Tarvet celebrates his victory with his friends and family
On the question of money price, he said: “I have to find more and more on day spending. We will see. I am not there for money, I’m here for the crowd and experience and just to stamp my brand. I think I have done a good job so far.”
Tarvet was the only British player to survive the qualifying tournament, joining 22 other home players in the single prints, including 14 forests.
Kartal passes the British
Sonay Kartal shocked the 20th seeded Jelena Ostapenko to give the British an excellent start
Sonay Kartal gave the ranks of the players in simple Britain a big start by ousting the 20th seeded Jelena Ostapenko.
Ostapenko, a former semi-finalist in 2018, beat Kartal in Eastbourne last week in straight sets, but the British number three delighted the crowd of the sun three with a 7-5 2-6 6-2 victory.
This is the third best victory in Kartal by the ranking of his career and his best in a Grand Slam, the 23 -year -old woman producing another solid performance at the All England Club after reaching the third round as a qualifier 12 months ago.
Things did not start well for Kartal, who was quickly 3-0 and finding little response to the power of his Latvian opponent.
Ostapenko had three section points at 5-4 after Kartal recovered the early break, but the British player ranked 51, held firm and took full advantage of his opponent’s disappointment to make five games in a row and win the opening match.
Ostapenko responded well to level the match, but Kartal did not allow the competition to move away from her, breaking the service at the start of the decision maker and the race in a 5-0 lead.
Ostapenko’s body language said that she would be more than happy to leave the field and, although she gathered to win two games, Kartal won the victory at the second moment of the request.
In the second round, Kartal will face Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomovawho took advantage of the retreat of Ons Jabeur.
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