Ah shit! Just
looking at that now, it doesn’t sound good, poor woman.
I remember Pete was a six inch putt to win the USO in 1999, he’d played the greatest performance I’ve ever seen at Wimbledon, beating Agassi, then he went on a tear across the hard courts in North America, beating Agassi twice more in straights, Krajicek - who’d beaten him 4 times in a row - and defending USO champ Rafter, both in straights as well (I’m looking these up now to refresh my memory) and the day before the USO he was practicing with Kuerten and hurt his back.
He’d have finished that season #1 as well, I’m sure of it, he was so lit up. But the good news is that wherever he went to recover, he met his future wife. Classy, classy man, no fuss, no controversies, the perfect package as a tennis champ.
I hope his wife gets better but it’s terrible news, and the fact that he’s opened up about it doesn’t sound great. I hope I’m wrong!