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Mary Pierce: Final
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Two comeback trails converge Saturday when Mary Pierce and Justine Henin-Hardenne meet in the French Open final. Both former champions have rebounded from ailments that stalled their careers, and both easily defeated Russian opponents Thursday to reach the final.
Russia's Maria Sharapova serves during her match against France's Mary Pierce, in Rome's Italian WTA Masters. Top seed Sharapova beat Pierce in an absorbing third round match to reach the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters. [AFP]
After the U.S. Open, Pierce won her second title of 2005 at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. In her quarterfinal match against Russian Elena Likhovtseva, Pierce came back from 0-6 in the third set tiebreak (6 match points down) and won 8 consecutive points to reach the semifinals. The final score of the match was 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(6).
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