The legendary tennis player, 18-time Grand Slam winner Martina Navratilova has cancer. Doctors discovered she had first-degree throat and breast cancer.
“This double blow is serious, but still recoverable. I hope for a favorable outcome. It will be unpleasant for a while, but I will fight with all the strength that I have”– quotes Navratilova on the website of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA).
It is noted that before the ex-tennis player has already defeated oncology. In 2010, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Navratilova recalls that she then cried for about 15 seconds, and then asked the doctor what the next step in treatment would be.
Treatment for Martina Navratilova will begin next week at a clinic in New York. Doctors give a good prognosis.
Martina Navratilova was born on October 18, 1956 in the Czechoslovak SSR. She is considered the ancestor of modern power women’s tennis. After the US Open in 1975, he decides to stay in America, which is why he becomes persona non grata in the USSR. In the future, he competes for the USA.
