Defending champ Alcaraz ends Tarvet's run

CARLOS Alcaraz ended Oliver Tarvet's Wimbledon fairytale as the defending champion moved into the third round with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 win over the British amateur on Wednesday.

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After a record-breaking number of seeds crashed out at the All England Club in the first round, Alcaraz avoided a seismic shock on Centre Court.

The World No. 2 had battled to a five-set win over 38-year-old Italian Fabio Fognini in a first-round clash lasting over four hours on Monday.

He once again looked below his best, taking two hours and 17 minutes to subdue the 733rd-ranked Tarvet, who produced flashes of his emerging talent to delight the partisan crowd.