Martina Navratilova is doing 바카라OK바카라 after being diagnosed with throat cancer and breast cancer. (More Tennis News)
Navratilova said in January that her prognosis was good and that she was going to start treatment that month. She said then that she noticed an enlarged lymph node in her neck while attending the season-ending WTA Finals in November, and a biopsy showed early stage throat cancer.
Martina Navratilova is doing 바카라OK바카라 after being diagnosed with throat cancer and breast cancer. (More Tennis News)
바카라I바카라ve gone through a very difficult year, but now I바카라m OK,바카라 the 18-time Grand Slam singles champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame said at the Italian Open on Sunday after receiving the 바카라Racchetta d바카라Oro바카라 (Golden Racket) award for her contributions to the sport.
The 66-year-old Navratilova said in January that her prognosis was good and that she was going to start treatment that month. She said then that she noticed an enlarged lymph node in her neck while attending the season-ending WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas, in November, and a biopsy showed early stage throat cancer.
While Navratilova was undergoing tests on her throat, she said, the unrelated, early stage breast cancer was discovered.
Navratilova returned to her work as a TV analyst at Tennis Channel in March, when in an interview with TalkTV바카라s Piers Morgan, she said she was told by doctors that, 바카라as far as they know, I바카라m cancer-free,바카라 and she should be 바카라good to go바카라 after some additional radiation treatment.
Navratilova made her acceptance speech in Italian to the Campo Centrale crowd.
바카라Tennis gave me a surprising life for which I am very grateful,바카라 she said. 바카라I always tried to give something back when I played, and also in retirement.바카라
Navratilova was a four-time runner-up in singles at the Foro Italico and a three-time champion in doubles 바카라 with her last Rome title coming in 2003 with partner Svetlana Kuznetsova at the age of 46.
She won 59 Grand Slam titles overall, including 31 in women바카라s doubles and 10 in mixed doubles. The last was a mixed doubles championship with Bob Bryan at the 2006 U.S. Open, a month shy of her 50th birthday.
Navratilova originally retired in 1994, after a record 167 singles titles and 331 weeks at No. 1 in the WTA rankings. She returned to the tour to play doubles in 2000 and occasionally competed in singles, too.