US OPEN

September 4, 2000

Mary Pierce

MODERATOR: Questions for Mary.

MARY PIERCE: Just going to take it, you know, a day at a time, day-by-day. That's all I can really do, you know, is just to go back home and rest, you know, continue the therapy. That's all I can do, take it day-by-day.

MARY PIERCE: I think the first choice is rehab and rest, and see how that goes.

MARY PIERCE: In the warm-up this morning before my match, it was sore from just the very first serve that I hit. With each one, it just kept getting worse. I started compensating with other areas and other muscles in my shoulder, and other things started hurting. I didn't feel like I had control over my arm. Just hit a lot of double-faults because I just couldn't control my arm to serve, just kept getting more painful with each serve I hit.

MARY PIERCE: Well, it's a different pain I'm experiencing than in the past. I always like to give myself a chance, you know.

MARY PIERCE: Well, this is a pain I'm experiencing in the back of my shoulder. In the past few months, it's been in the front. You know, it's just compensation, I guess.

MARY PIERCE: It's quite disappointing because, you know, I just really was looking forward to playing here, very eager. I missed playing when I was out six weeks. I felt like I was playing well. You know, I felt really good against Raymond. I was serving a hundred percent, had no pain.