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
farther happen knows last means time
You never know, this could be my last one, ... Not because I want it to be, but who knows what can happen in life? So each time that I get farther and do better, yeah, it means a lot more to me now than before.
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.
compete goal masters
That's my goal for the end of the year, to compete in the Masters in L.A..
against fight great patty puts
Patty is a great player, she always puts up a great fight against me.
came extremely nice played point ready seriously singles took
I was really happy, especially with my first set, ... I took Anna-Lena extremely seriously because I had never played her in singles before. I came out from the beginning, the first point of the match, ready to play. It was nice to see how well I was playing.
hold knew needed win
I knew I needed a hold to win that match,
best giving great happy open
I'm really happy to be in the semifinals. This is the best that I've done at the U.S. Open in my career, which I think is amazing. I'll be giving everything that I have. Hopefully, it will be a great match.
great last moscow paying physically price pushed tournament week
I had a great tournament in Moscow last week but physically I was pushed to the limit, and now I am paying a price for that.
believed felt
I really believed it. I felt it very strongly.
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,
ahead believed best hoped neat
It's really kind of neat because it's just really what I had hoped for and believed - but probably more hoped for - that my best years were still ahead of me when I had my injuries,
competing couple good match months
It's a good start, my first match in a couple months competitively. It's always good to just kind of get going, get used to the environment, get used to competing again.
april bad last match nine
It was just one of those days. Probably April or May was my last bad match. If I only have a bad match every nine months, it's OK.
against beaten fought gave great nice struggling win
It's always nice to win against someone you haven't beaten before. I know Justine has been struggling lately, ... She's such a great opponent, such a great lady. I just gave everything I had tonight, fought and didn't give up.