Wimbledon: Alcaraz breezes past British qualifier Tarvet
Carlos Alcaraz defeated Oliver Tarvet 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon. He’ll face the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 25 seed, and German Jan-Lennard Struff in the next round
Carlos Alcaraz (Imago/PSNewz)
Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the second seed, advanced to the third round of Wimbledon by beating qualifier Oliver Tarvet 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday.
He extends his current winning streak to 20 matches, the youngest man to do so since a 19-year-old Juan Martin del Potro in 2008.
He is also the youngest man in the Open Era to claim 30 consecutive singles match wins at Roland-Garros and Wimbledon, surpassing Bjorn Borg, who achieved it at the age of 22 years and 356 days.
Alcaraz, ranked No 2, will face the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 25 seed, and German Jan-Lennard Struff next.
In the previous round of The Championships, the 22-year-old Spaniard won against Italian Fabio Fognini (7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 2-6, 6-1).
The most special day of Tarvet’s life
Tarvet defeated Swiss qualifier Leandro Riedi (6-4, 6-4, 6-4) during the first round of The Championships.
He now returns to college tennis at the University of San Diego following what he described as “the most special day” of his life.
“I’ve played against some really good players before, but not quite the level of Alcaraz,” he reflected in his post-match press conference. “I feel like as soon as I had 95% focus, I lost a game.”
London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 53.500.000, most recent results first):
- Jannik Sinner vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Jack Draper vs. Marin Cilic
- Daniel Evans vs. Novak Djokovic
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Jesper De Jong
- August Holmgren vs. Tomas Machac
- Alex De Minaur vs. Arthur Cazaux
- Marcos Giron vs. Jakub Mensik
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Jack Pinnington Jones
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Jaume Munar
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Reilly Opelka
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Gael Monfils
- Ben Shelton vs. Rinky Hijikata
- Sebastian Ofner vs. Tommy Paul
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Corentin Moutet
- Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Mariano Navone
- Arthur Fery vs. Luciano Darderi
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Mattia Bellucci
- Cristian Garin vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Kamil Majchrzak vs. Ethan Quinn
- Taylor Fritz vs. Gabriel Diallo
- Jordan Thompson vs. Benjamin Bonzi: wednesday
- Nuno Borges beat Billy Harris: 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
- Andrey Rublev (14) beat Lloyd Harris: 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Karen Khachanov (17) beat Shintaro Mochizuki (Q): 1-6, 7-6 (7), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Adrian Mannarino (Q) beat Valentin Royer (Q): 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (1)
- Nicolas Jarry (Q) beat Learner Tien: 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
- Cameron Norrie beat Frances Tiafoe (12): 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
- Joao Fonseca beat Jenson Brooksby: 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
