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
easy received short
She started to play short and I received easy balls,
different sometimes easy
I'm a different person off the court than I am on the court, where I'm very competitive, a perfectionist, and I can be hard on myself sometimes. Off the court, nothing really bothers me. I'm easy-going.
accomplish again great inside time voice
When I was out with my injury, I didn't know if I was going to be able to play again or not, ... There was just kind of this little voice inside of me that said, 'You know, you're not done. Now's not the time to retire. You still have some great things to accomplish in tennis.'
We'll see what happens. I'll just give it my best.
coming easier good great months open tennis three time
I think in about two or three months it will be easier to kind of tell. She's a champion. She's a great tennis player. It's pretty open right now, so it's a good time actually for her to be coming back.
athlete definitely experience mentally
I think I'm definitely all-around a better athlete and a competitor, with experience and maturity, ... Mentally I'm stronger.
I think I was 6-2 down once and won, but never from 6-0.
gave maybe waiting
Maybe she was waiting for my mistake. But I just capitalized on those opportunities she gave me.
against fight great patty puts
Patty is a great player, she always puts up a great fight against me.
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.
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.
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.
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.
grand situation weirdest
weirdest situation that I've ever experienced in a Grand Slam.