Word: piercees
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Now, although Jim Pierce lives without his daughter and her tennis, he has been hired by another young protege.
The Mary Pierce case highlights the blurred professional and private relationship between a female athlete and her father as the coach.
This scene epitomized the relationship between Pierce and her father. Last year, Jim Pierce was officially banned form Pierce's tournaments, and soon after, Pierce fired him as her tennis mentor.
Whether screaming, causing scenes at tournaments around the globe or having late night practice sessions in the darkness of the night, Pierce's father stunted his daughter's personal development.
The image of her father's brutal outbursts followed her and the rest of her family everywhere. Before making her mark at the top of the women's tennis ranks, Pierce and her family lived out of their car, going from tournament to tournament with one goal in mind--success...