LYCOS RETRIEVER
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.
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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]
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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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