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
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.
hold knew needed win
I knew I needed a hold to win that match,
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.
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,
close loss
It's tough, ... Any loss is tough, especially in the finals, especially in a close match. Especially when you have opportunities.
tour year
It's amazing, I'm 30 and this is my 17th year on the tour and there are still firsts for me,
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'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.
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.
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..
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.
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.