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
close loss
It's tough, ... Any loss is tough, especially in the finals, especially in a close match. Especially when you have opportunities.
aggressive ball beat hard hitting
As long as I was hitting the ball hard and hitting it deep, our rallies were not that long. ... There was one way to beat her, and that was to be aggressive first.
year
It's amazing. I'm 30, 17th year on the tour, and there's still firsts for me. That's pretty exciting.
year
It's amazing, ... What can I say? I'm 30. This is my 17th year on the tour, and there are still firsts for me, so that's pretty exciting.
year
It's amazing. What can I say? I'm 30. This is my 17th year on the tour, and there's still firsts for me. That's pretty exciting.
courts hard incredible kim
Kim has been incredible on hard courts this year.
achieve achieved anymore caught coming great high hungry noticed success tour win
I think before when I was first coming out on the tour and young, you know, you're very hungry to achieve and to have success and to make money, to win tournaments, to get a high ranking, just to be noticed and get contracts. All those kind of things you just get caught up with. For me now it's different because I have achieved a lot of great things in my career. I don't play for those things anymore now.
defensive focused happy played serve shots
Nathalie played very well, especially her defensive game. Sometimes, her shots were just too good, so I just focused on being aggressive. I was happy that I was able to serve out the match.
whether
I think it is possible. Whether it happens, I don't know.
relieved
I am just very relieved to get through,
tour year
It's amazing, I'm 30 and this is my 17th year on the tour and there are still firsts for me,
paris problem revealed similar summer yesterday
I had an MRI in Paris yesterday (Tuesday) and it revealed that I have a problem with my right quad, similar to the problem I had during the summer but in a different spot,
hold knew needed win
I knew I needed a hold to win that match,
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.