A Certain Style to Seles’ Victory

PARIS — Monica Seles’ new hairdo seemed to generate as much attention as her 6-1, 6-0 victory Tuesday over Catherine Mothes during the first round of the French Open.

Among the questions at her post-match news conference:

--”Can you tell us about your hair and the color you consider it and the style you consider it?’

--”Is there any danger that the dye would run?”

--”The hair may be different, do you feel like you are playing the same?”

Seles said she had her hair dyed black at a Paris salon at the suggestion of someone working with her on a video.

“It turned out a little darker than anybody expected,” Seles said, “but I like it and will stick with it for a while.”