Top seed Kuzuhara eyeing rare double
Since winning the 2022 Australian Open boys' singles title, American Bruno Kuzuhara has set his sights on the pro game.
"I did something that I always wanted to do, which was be able to turn pro and I turned pro right after Australia," he told rolandgarros.com after his 6-3, 7-5 second-round win over Frenchman Sean Cuenin on Court 7.
Kuzuhara is playing free in Paris. He said winning the boys' title in Melbourne was a perspective changer for him.
"I was really happy but I think I felt more relieved as well," he said. "Because one of my big goals for this year and even last year was to be able to win a junior Slam and being able to do that really took a lot of the weight off my back."
Here in Paris, the 18-year-old is bidding to become the first boy to win the first two junior Slams of a season since Gael Monfils in 2004.
He's hungry for another triumph.
"I mean, that's always the goal," he said. "It's always the way I think you go into every tournament - the goal is to win."
His next challenge comes in the form of Belgium's Gilles Arnaud Bailly in round three.