Amid the gloom of the worst women's results for Australia in the French Open for 27 years, the irrepressible Daria Saville conjured up a big smile and offered a bold declaration.
"We'll definitely have a rising star, don't worry about that" said Saville, quizzed about whether there was genuine reason for concern that no Australian woman was able to reach the second round since 1997 at the venue which crowned Ash Barty as champ just five years ago.
