BUENOS AIRES, June 8 (Reuters) - Gaston Gaudio's childhood dream of winning the French Open only really sank in somewhere over the Atlantic on the flight back to Argentina -- but now the new local hero has his eye on another title.

"The Davis Cup and Olympic Games are a dream for any Argentine sportsman... the Davis Cup more than anything," the 25-year-old Roland Garros champion told a news conference back in his native Argentina on Tuesday.

"On a personal level, as far as tennis is concerned, if I had a dream, it was to win Roland Garros -- so I have largely fulfilled my dreams."

Unseeded Gaudio managed to claw back from two sets down to take the French Open crown 0-6 3-6 6-4 6-1 8-6 on Sunday after compatriot and favourite Guillermo Coria fell foul to nerves and cramps.

The last Argentine to win the French Open men's singles was Guillermo Vilas back in 1977, and it was the first men's singles grand slam win in 25 years for an Argentine.

Even Gaudio -- who puts his win down to psychological strength -- could not believe it at first.

"When the match ended, I didn't have a minute to myself. But on the plane I had time to think a little, and what I had done gradually sank in... and I realized how big it was," Gaudio said.

He played down suspicions voiced by some Argentines that Coria had exaggerated a bout of cramps to try to distract him -- which Gaudio says his opponent did at the 2003 Hamburg Masters.

"He already committed that error in Hamburg and this time I thought he could be doing the same but I don't think he did anything unsporting as he did in Hamburg," Gaudio said.

"We all saw that he couldn't play in the fourth set and he really had cramps," he added. "I was surprised to see him run the way he did in the fifth (set) but in that situation anyone would have run."

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