{"id":260592,"date":"2023-01-02T18:29:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T19:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=260592"},"modified":"2023-01-02T20:57:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T20:57:56","slug":"tennis-legend-reveals-serious-cancer-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=260592","title":{"rendered":"Tennis legend reveals 'serious' cancer battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennis great Martina Navratilova<\/a> says that she has been diagnosed with throat cancer and breast cancer.\n<\/p>\n

In a statement released by her representative, the 18-time grand slam singles champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame said her prognosis is good and she will start treatment this month.\n<\/p>\n

"This double whammy is serious but still fixable, and I'm hoping for a favourable outcome," the 66-year-old Navratilova said. "It's going to stink for a while but I'll fight with all have I got."<\/p>\n

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She said she noticed an enlarged lymph node in her neck while attending the season-ending WTA Finals<\/a> in Fort Worth, Texas, in November, and a biopsy showed early stage throat cancer. While Navratilova was undergoing tests on her throat, she said, the unrelated breast cancer was discovered.\n<\/p>\n

Navratilova was diagnosed with a noninvasive form of breast cancer in 2010 and had a lumpectomy.\n<\/p>\n

She won 59 grand slam titles overall, including 31 in women's doubles and 10 in mixed doubles. The last was a mixed doubles championship with Bob Bryan at the 2006 US Open, a month shy of her 50th birthday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Navratilova originally retired in 1994, after a record 167 singles titles and 331 weeks at No.1 in the WTA rankings. She returned to the tour to play doubles in 2000 and occasionally competed in singles, too.\n<\/p>\n

Navratilova was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000. She has worked as a TV analyst in recent years.\n<\/p>\n

The statement said Navratilova would not be a regular part of Tennis Channel's coverage of the Australian Open later this month "but hopes to be able to join in from time to time" via video conference.\n<\/p>\n

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