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February 24, 2007: Mark is staying active during his recovery and will be taking part in the Celebrity Racing Challenge at the 2008 Formula 1 ING Austrailian Grand Prix on March 16th at Albert Park in Melbourne. He will be driving a racing version of the Fiat 500 which at 193cm Mark just fits into.

January 22, 2008: Good news for Mark is that the surgery went well and the damange was not as bad as anticipated. He's expected to be on crutches for two weeks. He's currently rehabbing in the pool and then it's back in the gym. Mark's given a couple interviews where he spoke about be willing to wait and see what his body tells him and not push to get back on court before he's ready. His priority is to rehab the knee.

January 11, 2008: Now you can test your skills on the court against Philippoussis at the Aussie Open. Nintendo has a stand at the tournament where fans can try their skills at Wii Tennis. Those who hold court long enough are daily champions and the player with the highest ranking will get to take on Mark on Januarry 27th to win two tickets to the Men's Final. Mark will also be at the Nintendo booth on January 15th at 11am signing autographs. It is also likely that Mark will be doing some announcing again for Aussie tv during the tournament. Rumors are also afloat that Mark may be a contestant on season three of Australia's Dancing with the Stars. It's still speculation but a reporter apparantly asked him if he would be interested and he said yes. The show has featured tennis players before including Todd Woodbridge. Lastly, though no surgery date has been announced, it is reported that Sydney surgeon Merv Cross and his Miami colleague Harlan Selsenick were to be involved in Philippoussis's latest surgery.

December 19, 2007: The news is out and it's all bad. Mark's withdrawl from the Open play-odds with knee pain turned out to be what we all feared - an MRI revealed a cartilage tear in his right knee. Yes, the same knee that broke down last January. What's sobering this time around is there's no talk of "I'll be back soon," but instead Mark had this to say “I’m just going to be thinking about spending time with my family, spending time at home and then assessing things — you know, where life will lead me and what direction I want to take in life and whether I’ll be going again."

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