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Pierce wants to return despite horrific injury

By Bonnie DeSimone
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, October 30, 2006

The gruesome knee injury Mary Pierce suffered in Linz, Austria last Thursday could be as hard to overcome psychologically as it is physically. For now, the two-time Grand Slam winner is saying brave things about returning. Pierce wants to represent France at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing in what would be her fourth Olympic appearance. But she is facing surgery and rehabilitation that could leave her at less than full power for six months to a year, a dicey proposition for a player w ...

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