Wimbledon legend Martina Navratilova vows to ‘fight with all I’ve got’ after being diagnosed with throat and breast cancer

Martina Navratilova won 18 Grand Slam titles
Martina Navratilova gained 31 Grand Slam titles (Image: PA)

Wimbledon legend Martina Navratilova has vowed to ‘struggle with all I’ve acquired’ after being identified with throat and breast most cancers.

Navratilova, 66, says she was identified after discovering an enlarged lymph node in her neck in November. Throughout exams, a suspicious kind was then present in her breast.

The American-Czech star is broadly thought-about one of many biggest tennis gamers of all time, having gained a document 9 Wimbledon singles titles and ending her profession with 31 Grand Slam titles.

‘This double whammy is critical however nonetheless fixable,’ she instructed The Instances. ‘I’m hoping for a beneficial final result. It’s going to stink for some time however I’ll struggle with all I've acquired.’

Navratilova’s prognosis comes 13 years after she was given the all-clear from breast most cancers after present process surgical procedure and six-weeks of radiation remedy.

The previous world primary was attributable to work at this month’s Australian Open as a TV pundit however will now not journey to Melbourne as she begins remedy.

A press release from her consultant mentioned: ‘Martina Navratilova has been identified with stage one throat most cancers. The prognosis is sweet and Martina will begin her remedy this month.

Navratilova won a record nine Wimbledon singles titles
Navratilova gained a document 9 Wimbledon singles titles (Image: Getty)

‘The most cancers kind is HPV and this specific kind responds very well to remedy. Martina seen an enlarged lymph node in her neck through the WTA finals in Fort Value. When it didn’t go down, a biopsy was carried out, the outcomes got here again as stage one throat most cancers.

‘Similtaneously Martina was present process the exams for the throat, a suspicious kind was present in her breast, which was subsequently identified as most cancers, fully unrelated to the throat most cancers.

‘Each these cancers are of their early phases with nice outcomes. Martina gained’t be masking the Australian Open for Tennis Channel from their studio however hopes to have the ability to take part every so often by Zoom.’

Navratilova dominated girls’s tennis within the Nineteen Eighties, successful 18 Grand Slam singles titles and a document 9 at Wimbledon.

She was additionally prolific in doubles, successful an extra 31 main titles, together with a calendar grand slam in 1984.

Navratilova’s Wimbledon heroics had been attributable to be recognised final summer time through the a hundredth anniversary celebrations of Centre Courtroom however she was pressured into isolation on the morning of the ceremony after testing optimistic for Covid-19.

Her extraordinary taking part in profession spanned 4 many years and since retiring in 2006, Navratilova has develop into a revered pundit, masking tournaments world wide.

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