Mary 賽後訪問 (September 4, 2004)
M. PIERCE/M. Sharapova
4-6, 6-2, 6-3
An interview with:
MARY PIERCE
THE MODERATOR: First question for Mary, please.
Q. Have you been plotting to take the bubble away from this young lady?
MARY PIERCE: Hi, Bud (laughter). No. I've just, you know, just been --
since I've been here at this tournament, just really taking everything day
by day, match by match, like I always do really at every tournament.
Q. You were very emotional after that win. What does it mean to you?
MARY PIERCE: Uhm, yeah, it's just really nice. You know, it just feels really
good. You know, after everything that I have been through, and the last few
years have been really difficult, you know, I just -- those moments just are
a lot sweeter and mean a lot more to me. You know, I just love what I do so
much more now than I did before, and I just appreciate it so much more. You
know, it's also nice because I believe in myself, and it's nice to have that
confirmation actually happen in reality.
Q. Can you go through the injuries that you had the last couple years.
MARY PIERCE: Oh, my goodness. We don't have enough time for that. No, I'm
just kidding. I had a shoulder injury in 2000 that kept me out for three
months, and then I had a back injury in 2001 that kept me out for seven
months, where I pretty much had to start over from zero physically-wise.
My tennis was okay, my tennis was always there, it was just the physical
side that really took a long time to get back whereas, you know, now this
year, 2004, so it's two years, two and a half years that I am now starting
to feel pretty much how I want to. You know, I'm not completely there yet,
but I am feeling really good.
Q. Did you have to have surgery for any of them?
MARY PIERCE: No, I didn't. I took the time off. Tried to stay away from
that.
Q. What was the low point?
MARY PIERCE: The low point (laughter)?
Q. What was the low point of which you could never see something like today
ever happening to you again?
MARY PIERCE: What do you mean by "never happening"?
Q. In terms of you wouldn't imagine from that point that you could be here.
MARY PIERCE: Well, I never thought that, and I never felt that. I did have a
moment during my back injury when I took the seven months off, and then I
started coming back, and two weeks into my coming back of training, I had
pain again in my back, and I had to stop again for a few weeks. And that
moment was really - uhm - a trying time because I thought, "Well, okay, I
felt okay, and now all of a sudden it hurts again, I have to stop." It was
something my back would feel great one day, then terrible the next day, and
there was really no reason why. So it didn't feel like there was anything I
could do to prevent that. That was concerning me because I thought maybe I
won't be able to ever play again. So that was a moment that was kind of, you
know, I didn't know for sure if I was going to play again or not.
Q. She talked a lot about your experience. What has been your impression of
her to this point in the way she exploded on the scene? Do you think your
experience helped you a lot late in that match?
MARY PIERCE: Uhm, you know, I don't know. I try not to think too much about
that kind of stuff. When you get out on the court, yeah, of course it does
make a difference. You know, she's 17 and I'm 29, so there's 12 years of
tennis on the tour that really means a lot. You know, I know when I was 17
how I felt. I know how I feel now. So, you know, I can feel the difference
definitely now than I did when I was younger. So, I mean, I'm not Maria, I
don't know how she thinks, I don't know how she feels. But I think definitely,
you know, her young age, my older age and experience, you know, both things
have good things, advantages and disadvantages.
Q. How did you feel when you were 17, and how do you feel now?
MARY PIERCE: 17... I think I was a lot more emotional. I would get mad at
myself a lot when I would miss a shot or a game. If I lost the first set,
I thought I was going to lose the match. Yeah, I think I made a lot more
mistakes than I do now. You know, now, just with the experience, I'm able
to be calm and to look at things really objectively while I'm playing on the
court and what I'm doing, what's working, what's not working, what I need to
change, those kind of things.
Q. Are you playing for different reasons now than you do when you're 17?
MARY PIERCE: Well, I mean, I think so. Definitely, when you're younger, when
you haven't yet, you know, established yourself on the tour, had success as
far as ranking or tournament-wise, you know, all those things, I feel like
I've accomplished those pretty much. And I haven't accomplished everything
that I want to yet in my career, that's why I'm still playing. But I forgot
what I was going to say now... Yeah, it's a difference.
Q. Why you're playing now.
MARY PIERCE: Yeah, it's just different. You know, it's different. I play
because I just love it and I want to, and I still believe that I can play,
you know, great tennis.
Q. What haven't you accomplished that you would think would be realistic for
yourself at this point?
MARY PIERCE: I don't know. I just do know that I still have something left
inside of me to accomplish, and I don't know exactly what that is. Hopefully
I'll know one day soon.
Q. There's been a couple of pulls on your nationality. Did the atmosphere
today make you feel a little more American than some other times?
MARY PIERCE: No. It's been like that really my whole career. When I play in
France, when I play here, when I play in Canada, they all cheer for me every
year. It's really nice. That's just who I am. I'm a little bit of everything.
Q. A lot of people are sitting there saying, "Mary is through because she's
going in a third set, she won't be able to last, not ready to play three
hard sets," have you been working hard on conditioning?
MARY PIERCE: That's great. I love it when people say things like that. I
heard someone saying this morning, "Does Mary still have the hunger or
desire?" Something like that. I was like, "Hmm." But I understand people
saying those kinds of things. I haven't done well the last couple years.
But this year I feel great, I feel different. My game is starting to come
together. Physically I'm fine. You know, I mean, the end of the match, I
was okay. So, you know, I can keep playing.
Q. We saw you genuflect after the match.
MARY PIERCE: What's that?
Q. Do a little praying. That's something I don't think we've seen you do
before. Is that something new to you? Are you in a new place?
MARY PIERCE: No, no. I mean, I have a strong faith. My relationship with God
has been growing over the few years, I guess the last four years actually.
You know, at the end of the match, I just walked over to the side of my
chair, and just felt like doing that. So, yeah.
Q. Did you feel all those double-faults were a God send?
MARY PIERCE: The double-faults of who?
Q. The other player.
MARY PIERCE: Oh, I don't know.
Q. Were they pleasant to see? They came at critical moments.
MARY PIERCE: Double-faults, no. I don't think those are pleasant to see. I
like to have a good ball to hit and hit a good shot on.
Q. At what point during the summer did you feel like you turned the corner
where you could be beating a Top 10 on this kind of a stage? Was it Olympics
against Venus? Grass court warm-up to Wimbledon?
MARY PIERCE: I think it was the moment after Roland Garros. I kind of, yeah,
found myself alone there, made some changes, started training in Paris at the
Federation. And, you know, just when you feel really relaxed, really happy, I
know for me that that's really important and makes a big difference in my
play. I just started working differently physically-wise, and I know that
that started making a difference. Yeah, winning that grass tournament was
really a good feeling. I hadn't won a tournament in I think it was four
years. Last time was Roland Garros. So that helped a little bit. Then being
in Athens there, you know, just being with the Federation, Fed Cup and the
whole team and everybody, it's just a great experience, great training, great
atmosphere. Just started coming together there, you know, just the belief and
confidence in my game. In the match against Venus, I felt things I hadn't
felt in years when I was moving out on the court. It felt great. Nice to
see it all starting to come together
Q. How do you think we should read this result today? Mary Pierce is still
able to win matches at this level in a big tournament, or Maria Sharapova
is in a little bit of trouble after Wimbledon or to show which is the real
Maria?
MARY PIERCE: Which is the real Maria or Mary?
Q. Which one is the real Mary.
MARY PIERCE: The real Mary?
Q. Between Mary and Maria.
MARY PIERCE: I'm confused (laughter).
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