Tennis Icon Martina Navratilova Diagnosed With Throat & Breast Cancer

Out tennis great Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with both stage one throat and breast cancer. https://twitter.com/Tennis/status/1609916336481632257 From WTA Tennis:

“This double whammy is serious but still fixable,” said the 66-year-old in a statement. “I’m hoping for a favorable outcome. It’s going to stink for a while, but I’ll fight with all have I got.”

Navratilova’s fighting spirit is well-documented; she won a total of 59 Grand Slam titles — in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. And she’s already beaten cancer once before.

After discovering an enlarged lymph node in her neck during the WTA Finals in Fort Worth back in November, she underwent testing. That was when doctors discovered Stage 1 throat cancer and later Stage 1 breast cancer. Specifically, it is human papillomavirus (HPV), one of the more treatable cancers.

Navratilova shares that she’ll begin treatment for the cancers this month. Related: Martina Navratilova Marries Long-Time Partner Julia Lemigova A legend by every measure, Navratilova’s long career included winning 18 grand slam singles titles, 31 grand slam doubles titles and 10 grand slam mixed doubles titles. To this day, she holds the WTA Tour’s all-time record of 167 titles. She retired from singles competition in 1994 at the age of 38, and continued playing (and winning) doubles titles well into her 40s. For the past two decades she’s been involved in the professional tennis world as a coach, broadcaster, and ambassador for the WTA Tour. I guess means I now have three things in common with Navratilova – our Czech heritage, being out and proud, and now, cancer journeys. https://twitter.com/Martina/status/1610017269253345280 https://twitter.com/BillieJeanKing/status/1609980215173808129