British qualifier 'eyeing £70k of expenses' to keep Wimbledon money due to college rules

British qualifier Oliver Tarvet admitted with a smile that he was looking for a way to put through £70,000 of expenses after landing a £99,000 pay day with a Wimbledon win - but now needs to remain complaint with college rules.

The Brit has been honing his skills as the University of San Diego over recent years but there he is subject to the NCAA rules, which restrict how much players can claim from professional tournaments. Individuals are allowed $10,000 (£7,290) in profit every year, as well as any expenses incurred during the events.

Tarvet saw off Switzerland's Leandro Riedi 6-4 6-4 6-4 to reach the second round and has banked a pay day worth just shy of six figures, but his next job is figuring out how much of that he can write off as expenses.

The 21-year-old, who is ranked 733rd in the world, joked that he would keep it humble and dodge the private jet home but was looking to see if he could pay his coach some extra cash to remain within the parameters the college system sets out.

He said: "Obviously, a big goal of mine is to come back in January and to keep my eligibility. The prize money, if we can't figure things out financially. But I hope to get the prize money and use that money as expenses. I will try and do everything I can to make that work out and to find X amount of expenses so I'm under $10,000 of profit. Something I got to figure out.

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"Maybe I hire someone to help me out with the expenses, make sure the NCAA are happy. As I said, it's very important for me. I have a lot of goals at USD still. I need to show that, like, profit and minus - sorry. Profit or prize money minus expenses equals less than $10,000. I don't know how much I made. I think I made, like, it's £99,000 or £100,000. Obviously, that's before tax.

"I've got to find £60,000, £70,000 of expenses, which tennis is an expensive sport. So, hopefully, I can make that happen. As I said, just pay my coaches a little bit extra. I don't know. We'll figure something out. Fly business class. Obviously, no, I keep humble. But yeah, really try to make that happen."

His victory means he could next face world number two and defending Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz in the second round, but insisted that whilst the Spaniard is among the elite players he held no fear about facing him.

Tarvet added: "I've come here and not really set myself any expectations. I'm quietly confident that I can win against anyone. Alcaraz isn't an exception to that. Obviously, he's done an incredible amount in the tennis world. He's a difficult guy not to respect.

"But yeah, just go out there and try and treat it like another match. At the end of the day, for me, I try and play the ball, not the player. Obviously, it's going to be pretty special playing against Alcaraz, potentially, and potentially on a pretty big court. Just try and not let the moment get too big. Just go out there and play my brand of tennis."