Hail Mary!...Pierce, that is

One expects that even the most confident tennis player, when she is at 0-6 in a third set tiebreaker, is looking forward to a massage, a quiet dinner, and the flight home...maybe a little rest before beginning practice again.

Not Mary Pierce. Down 7-5, 4-6, 6-6 (0-6), one point from the handshake and packing for her flight, went on to win 8 consecutive tiebreak points and defeat Elena Likhovtseva. She advances to the semifinals, where she will play Dinara Safina, who took out number 1 seed Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals.

No WTA player can feel as bad as Likhovtseva today. Ouch.