Martina Navratilova, the 18-time Grand Slam champion, said Monday that she was cancer-free after being diagnosed with throat and breast malignancies at the start of 2023.
On January 2, the 66-year-old Czech-born American tennis player said that she had been diagnosed with throat and breast cancers, both of which were in their early stages.
“This double whammy is serious, but it’s still fixable, and I’m hoping for the best.” “It’s going to stink for a while, but I’m going to fight with everything I’ve got,” she tweeted at the time.
At the WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas, in November 2022, the renowned player, who has 59 Grand Slam victories, including 18 singles, 31 doubles, and 10 mixed doubles, detected an enlarged lymph node in her neck.
Biopsies later revealed stage-one throat and breast malignancies.
She declared her cancer-free status on Monday, June 19.The former tennis pro sought treatment in New York.
“”Fuck cancer!” I got the all clear after a day of examinations at Sloan Kettering! “Thank you to all the doctors, nurses, proton and radiation magicians, and others- what a relief,” Navratilova tweeted.
In 2010, Navratilova was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Navratilova is widely recognised as one of the best tennis players of all time, having held the world number one position for 332 weeks and winning all four Grand Slam titles.
