 Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 31 May 2004 |  Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 31 May 2004 |  Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 31 May 2004 |  Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 31 May 2004 |  Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 31 May 2004 |  Photographer: Susan Mullane
Date: 31 May 2004 |
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| 31 May 2004 - Paris - Eleanor Preston | |
| Naso rolls over Rieschick at Roland Garros |
Naso, who beat the former ITF No.1 62 36 64 was inspired by a pre-match knock up with men’s quarter-finalist David Nalbandian on the historic Philippe Chatrier court. “I know his coach and he set it up,” he said. “It was amazing to hit with him and such a beautiful experience. I looked around and I could imagine myself playing a big semi-final or final there.”
Before he can dream of such things, Naso must first take care of 13th seed Pablo Andujar of Spain, who earned his place in the second round with a 62 76(3) win over Coen Van Keulen of Holland.
Naso won two rounds of qualifying before playing the main draw said it was the perfect preparation for his big match against Rieschick. “It helps to have been around these courts and played on them,” he said. “You feel very comfortable.
“The surface was better for me than it was for Rieschick because I have played a lot on it here and before that at events in South America. I also train on it at my base in San Remo. It was a good win. I expected a difficult match because he is a good player who has had a lot of good wins.”
Naso was joined in the second round by his training partner and doubles team-mate Fabio Fognini, who whistled past Czech Jan Marek 63 60. Fognini now plays 11th seed Sun-Yong Kim Jr of Korea.
Elsewhere, Monday also saw wins for seeds Gael Monfils from France, Brendan Evans of the USA and Germany’s Mihail Zverev, as well as El Salvador’s Rafael Arevalo.
Tenth seed Woong-Sun Jun of Korea is out, beaten 26 62 63 by Tishar Liberhan of India but Liberhan’s compatriot, 12th seed Karan Rastogi fell to Austria’s Martin Fischer.
In the girl’s competition, Canada’s Stephanie Dubois set up a fascinating third round clash against top seed Sesil Karantcheva of Bulgaria. Dubois ended the hopes of France’s Pauline Parmentier with a 62 64 win, while Karantcheva was too strong for Thailand’s Pichitttra Thongdach, winning 62 61.
“I have never played her before, I have never even watched her, so I’m just going to go point by point and see what happens,” said Dubois. “I was really pleased with the way I played in my match today because I stayed aggressive and focused and did everything that I was supposed to do out there.”
Dubois trains in Montreal with a specialist fitness trainer, and says that the work she has done on her movement is paying real dividends on clay. “Not everyone has someone to help them with their fitness so I’m very lucky,” she said. “I move well and that is a real asset on all surfaces, but clay especially. It really helps you to get in shape and it’s so good for your tennis because it gives you a lot of confidence in what you’re doing.”
In other results Jarmila Gajdosova the No.2 seed failed in her ninth attempt to secure a junior Grand Slam title, she was beaten in straight sets by Ukraine's Olga Savchuk 76(5) 64. Another seed to fall was Veronika Chvojkova who lost to French Wild Card Aravane Rezai. Katerina Bohmova of Czech Republic wasted little time in securing her third round berth, beating Ana-Maria Zubori of France 62 61. Bohmova plays Elena Vesnina of Russia next.
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