Mary Pierce
Mary Pierce
Mary Pierceis a French-American retired tennis professional who played on the Women's Tennis Associationtour. Born in Canada, she is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States and played for France in team competitions and the Olympics...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth15 January 1975
CityMontreal, Canada
CountryCanada
huge
Its super to play with Martina, and she has huge amounts of talent. We have a lot of fun.
After I lost the first set, I was like, 'OK, I need to get help because I can't play this way.'
felt needed played
I felt like I played well and did what I needed to win,
bit confident felt match second surprised win
I felt confident in the second set when I went ahead. I thought I was going to win the second set, then felt pretty confident if I did that I would win the match in the third. A bit surprised ... that didn't happen.
continued feeling felt finish hitting practice practicing serves yesterday
I was practicing yesterday and it was at the every end when I was hitting some serves that I felt it on the serve. I continued to finish my practice and was feeling it on every serve I was hitting.
aim best game hope playing
I aim to keep going out and playing my game the best that I can. I've been playing well lately, and I hope it continues.
relieved
I am just very relieved to get through,
feeling front happened healthy life
I am just feeling so great. I am healthy and able to play out here in front of my fans. Everything that's happened in my life - I'm just so grateful.
certain change changed clothes everybody gets players second won
Everybody gets injured, ... There are time-outs for certain reasons. Some players go to the bathroom. Some change their clothes. Elena went and changed her clothes after I won the second set, so it's part of the game.
final since thinking won
Since we won the semi-final I've been thinking about that final at Roland Garros,
easy received short
She started to play short and I received easy balls,
bit seemed slower
She seemed hampered with her movement, ... She's always pretty quick. She seemed a little bit slower today.
accomplish great inside time voice
There was just this little voice inside of me that said, 'You know, you're not done. Now is not the time to retire. You still have some great things to accomplish in tennis.'Â
inside voice
There was just kind of like this little voice inside of me that just said, 'You know, you're not done,'