AUSTRALIAN OPEN

January 14, 2003

Mary Pierce

MODERATOR: Questions for Mary.

MARY PIERCE: Good question. I feel like I'm playing pretty well, and at the same time I feel like I'm far from where I want to be. You know, I am where I am right now. Just make the best of it. I think what's missing -- well, what I need is just to play a lot of matches. I haven't played a lot, so I feel like I need matches.

MARY PIERCE: Oh, definitely. I think a lot more now than I had, gosh, I don't know, before my injuries, I guess. It's hard to say. Before I had my injuries, I won the French Open, so... But I think definitely not having played a lot in the last couple years has just made me really just want to play, you know, excited just to be out here and competing.

MARY PIERCE: Oh, yeah. I love playing here. Just on so many courts, I have so many memories of matches that I've played. This morning I saw some highlights I was playing. They show the year I won in '95. Just a lot of great memories, a lot of great feelings here. I love being here and playing here.

MARY PIERCE: No.

MARY PIERCE: Yeah. I haven't made any special plans.