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Merry, magical Pierce
Amid the.constant rumble ol thunder. Pierce’s powerful and deep baseline shots over whelmed 23-year-old Sanchez-Vicario. who became increasingly erratic.
More than anything, it was Sanchez-Vicario's serve that lulled her. She held serve only twice and lost the first point of every service game-
"If I had been able to hold my serve it would have made a big difference.' she said. I
The first four games of the match — all breaks of serve — lasted 24 minutes, but Pierce then surged from 2-2 to 5-2 and never relinquished her grip on the contest, winning 10 of the last 13 games.
Pierce, a loser in all five finals She contested last year, pouter! and berated herself for errors, but kept calm in the crunch.
"Mentally 1 was very calm.
MELBOURNE, Jan 28: Mary Pierce kept the ball deep and pounced on Arantxa Sanchez^ Vicario’s
mistakes Saturday to win the Australian Open womens singles Anal — her first Grand Slam title, reports AP.
Pierce, the No.4 seed, defeated top-seeded Sanchez-Vicario 6-3. 6-2 — a result that delayed Sanchez-Vicarios bid to take over the No. 1 world ranking from the injured Steffi Graf
Pierce. 20. avenged her loss to Sanchez-Vicario in last year’s French Open final and became the first Frenchwoman to win a Grand Slam singles title since Francoise Durr at the 1967 French Open and the first to win the Australian title.
1 don't think I’ll ever forget this in my whole life," Pierce said. "All the hard work has really paid off and it's a great way to start my year.
"I just haven't realized what has happened yet. I'm still reeling from it.’
The win over Sanchez-Vicario took Pierce one hour. 25 minutes. It was a hard-fought victory in the arguably the best womtn's match of the tournament.
Pierce went through the tournament without dropping
Sanchez-Vicario, suffering from tendinitis in her right arm. had been aiming for her fourth Grand Slam title — but lost in the Australian Open final for th^ second straight year.
"Mary played a great match." said Sanchez-Vicario. This is my second final (here), hopefully the third will .be a lucky one. ''
* Last year, the Spaniard won only two games in the final against Graf, who currently Is sidelined by a calf muscle injury.
Graf has announced that she will miss next week's Torav Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo with the same injury. As a result of her withdrawal, Sanchez-Vicario will leapfrog the German and take over as No. 1 when the rankings are Issued on Feb. 6.
"I don't think its a big consolation." Sanchez-Vicario said That's the result of all the matches throughout the year. I worked hard to be able to get there and ,m very happy to be
Pierce hit 22 winners to 15 from Sanchez-Vjcario In the final, and also made fewer errors — 21 to 30.
very focussed and concentrated on every point — at the French Open I was very ner-. vous." Pierce said. "Even when I had two match points and I was serving. I wasn’t nervous (today).
The Important point for me was not to look at who was on the other side of the net. I hope I am going to be able to stay as calm as I did today ihroughout the whole year when it matters."
didn't serve well enough to get Into the match and she took advantage of that.
"She takes more control than the other players — she puts a lot of pressure on.'
Pierce earned US dlrs 360,000 for her victory, while Sanchez-Vicario collected half that.
The win will see Pierce move up to a career high No 3 ranking behind Graf and Sanchez-Vicario.