"Without tennis, who am I?"

I'm not sure I liked this article so much. I had a problem with trying to figure out exactly what purpose the article was serving. Is it about Jennifer Capriati's recent overdose and the support she's giving? It would seem so at first, but I feel the author was pushing the situation by trying to get at a much deeper meaning which I never fully understood. Capriati's issues with being a teenage athletic star were never really delved into enough and by the end I felt confused as to why the issue was now one of identity. It almost felt like an anonymous letter that friends would write about someone hoping that he or she would read it. Overall, it just had a corny feel about it. I felt this really became apparent when the writer states,

"It might not be possible for Capriati to hear it right now, but what if the answer to her melancholy question -- "Without tennis, who am I?" -- is this: a happier, healthier human being?"

This quote just feels like the writer is really trying to gauge a deeper meaning to this issue than there really is. And even if that is the issue, that not playing tennis would make Capriati happier and healthier, does the writer really know enough to make such a claim?