Just Cruel: Philippoussis Having Knee Surgery…Again
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007This just pisses me off. I’m sorry but it does. If there is one player who deserves a decent break, it’s Mark Philippoussis.
Mark will miss the Australian Open he had hoped to enter via a wildcard playoff due to yet another knee surgery. Of course this raises the retirement questions again. Philippoussis has already had three knee surgeries, the last in January which knocked him out of the entire 2007 season.
“I am bitterly disappointed because I really wanted to play in Australia this summer,” Philippoussis said. “They tell me it can be fixed. My initial reaction is I want to get the surgery done and then work on getting back on the court as soon as I can.”
Philippoussis I think represents a larger problem when it comes to the media. So many reporters talk about how Mark never made it to the top, that his career was a disappointment but never mention his multiple knee surgeries or injuries (same goes for Kournikova). We all remember that horrific fall at Wimbledon against Sampras that started this whole mess. If that never happened, who knows? Mark could have owned Wimbledon but it never happened.