Tennis nice Martina Navratilova stated Monday that she has been recognized with throat most cancers and breast most cancers.
In an announcement launched by her consultant, the 18-time Grand Slam singles champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame stated her prognosis is sweet and she’s going to begin remedy this month.
“This double whammy is serious but still fixable, and I’m hoping for a favorable outcome,” the 66-year-old Navratilova stated. “It’s going to stink for a while but I’ll fight with all have I got.”
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She stated she seen an enlarged lymph node in her neck whereas attending the season-ending WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas, in November, and a biopsy confirmed early stage throat most cancers. While Navratilova was present process checks on her throat, she stated, the unrelated breast most cancers was found.
Navratilova was recognized with a noninvasive type of breast most cancers in 2010 and had a lumpectomy.
She gained 59 Grand Slam titles general, together with 31 in girls’s doubles and 10 in combined doubles. The final was a combined doubles championship with Bob Bryan on the 2006 U.S. Open, a month shy of her fiftieth birthday.
Navratilova initially retired in 1994, after a file 167 singles titles and 331 weeks at No. 1 within the WTA rankings. She returned to the tour to play doubles in 2000 and infrequently competed in singles, too.
Navratilova was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000. She has labored as a TV analyst lately.
The assertion issued Monday stated Navratilova wouldn’t be a daily a part of Tennis Channel’s protection of the Australian Open later this month “but hopes to be able to join in from time to time” through video convention.
