CHAMP'S WARM WORDS FOR TARVET

MOMENTS in the sun do not get much brighter than this for young athletes.

- By Andy Dunn

Centre Court on the most idyllic summer's afternoon, the Royal Box well-stocked with celebrities, and, on the other side of the net, a player destined for greatness.

Actually, a player not so much destined for greatness but already in the arrivals hall.

For personal and family reasons, this will be a day Oliver Tarvet will never forget, without doubt.

But it should also be a day he remembers every morning he steps on to the practice court, pounds the streets, or hits the gym.

Tarvet is less than six months younger than Carlos Alcaraz, but this was student against master.

After his 6-1 6-4 6-4 win, the five-time Grand Slam winner gave Tarvet some warm words and a warm embrace and the 21-year-old Brit deserved them.

For his attitude effervescence, them. and he deserved For the way he celebrated the minor wins in a major defeat, he deserved them.