PARIS, May 25 (AFP) - Alicia Molik, whose rise has been so rapid she doesn't even feature in this year's WTA Tour Media guide, is helping put the smile back on the face of Australian women's tennis. Molik, an 18-year-old playing in her first French Open and only her second Grand Slam event on the senior tour, beat former top 10 player Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the first round at Roland Garros. Molik, who faces French wild card Emmanuelle Curutchet in the second round, is a confident, bubbly personality but played down her victory against the tall Dutch power-server, who was playing in her first tournament since coming back from injury. "It was a good win but at the same time I don't think we both played as good as we could," said the 97th ranked right-hander. "It was a win, but I don't see it as a win over someone huge because she's just come back from injury." Molik said she found the slow red clay at Roland Garros suits her big-serving style. "They play like hard courts. There's no need to change my game," she said. Molik's development, along with that of Jelena Dokic - who lost to Curutchet at the first hurdle here - gives Australia hope of again unearthing a top women player. Only three Aussie women made the main draw here and the other two - Dokic and Nicole Pratt - bowed out on Monday. It's all a far cry from the 1960s and early 70s, when Australians Margaret Smith-Court and Lesley Turner won Roland Garros seven times between them.  