Two-time Slam champ Pierce mulling comeback

Mary Pierce has won 18 career WTA singles titles, including the 2000 French Open. Bob Martin/SI

PARIS (AP) -- Two-time Grand Slam champion Mary Pierce isn't ready to hang up her racket just yet.

Despite being sidelined by a knee injury since 2006, the Frenchwoman told sports daily L'Equipe that she'd like to play again at the French Open.

She said: "I care about Roland Garros. If I could stand in center court for one match, that would already be a big victory."

Pierce, who turns 34 next month, won the French Open in 2000 and the Australian Open in 1995. She ruptured the cruciate ligament in her left knee in October 2006 in Linz, Austria, in a match against Vera Zvonareva. She hasn't competed professionally since.

She told L'Equipe that she doesn't "feel it's the right moment (to announce my retirement)." She added that her left leg is weak but tests indicate her knee has recovered.

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