The landing in the main scoreboard has in fact guaranteed him a prize money of £ 66,000. The victory caught at the debut against the Swiss Leandro Resti has increased his prize pool by bringing it to £ 99,000, a sum that he will be guaranteed regardless of the result that he will get in his second round match against Carlos Alcaraz. A sum that Tarvet, however, will not be able to perceive entirely, and which will yield only £ 7,300 to its speakers equal to £ 10,000.
The reason is soon said and is to be found in a paragraph of the regulation that seems to resemble more a punishment than a quibble. In fact, players who decide not to compete on the professional circuits belonging to the ATP, when I decided to take part they cannot collect a prize pool greater than $ 10,000 a year. Tarvet, who has competed in the American collegial circuit – attends the University of San Diego – will therefore remain if not completely dry mouth with the much lighter pockets than his other colleagues.
“It’s a bit embarrassing – he said to those who pointed it out to him after the success achieved – I have to face many expenses and I want to return to San Diego to complete my fourth year of studies. Let’s say that with these $ 10,000 I could go home with my coach on a private jet”.
A similar case, and much more impacting in economic terms, had occurred last year during the US Open when Maya Joint from qualified managed to go to the second round, a placement that would have guaranteed a prize pool of 200,000 $ to whom she had to give up as she also registered at the University of Texas. Also in her case, the NCAA rules allowed her to secure only $ 10,000 to cover the necessary expenses. “I am happy to have chosen to go to college,” she said then not showing any regrets for the sum that was volatizing before her eyes. Andy Roddick was more caustic, the last American who won the home of the house in 2003, that from his social media he defined the rule “absurd”, wondering “how it is possible that a college athlete can accept money from a local car dealer (sponsorship issues and image, editor’s note) but cannot collect the prize pool of the US Open”. Difficult to blame him. Joint is then redone this year winning two events between Rabat and Eastbourne in recent weeks. A precedent to whom Tarvet can now look with optimism.
