The Olympic silver medallist looked far more assured and assertive from his five-set encounter two days earlier, in a result which extends his career-best run to 20 victories on the bounce.
Alcaraz headed to Court 18 after his match to get a look at his next opponent, either fellow Paris 2024 medallist Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada or World number 125 Jan-Lennard Struff, who the Spaniard has defeated in three straight encounters.
Wimbledon 2025 – Oliver Tarvet, the qualifier who went toe-to-toe with defending champion Alcaraz
In the space of nine days, 21-year-old Tarvet has made it through the qualifying rounds at Roehampton, won on his major main drew debut and faced up against five-time Grand Slam winner Alcaraz.
“Obviously there were a lot of nerves,” he said post-match. “I’ve said before that I try and treat every match as the same, try and play the ball, not the player or the situation. As much I tried to do that today, I woke up a couple times in the night from the adrenaline. In the car, my heart rate was going quicker than it usually does.