Martina Navratilova

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova said Monday she has been diagnosed with both Stage 1 throat cancer and breast cancer.

And the way she competes, the way she relies on your ability to roll up your sleeves and compete.” “You look at your skills as an athlete, to compete,” Shriver said from her home in California, “and in her case to compete and be the best while leaving no stone unturned -- as far as finding things out, researching and understanding how to put together the best team. “This double whammy is serious but still fixable,” said the 66-year-old in a statement.

The 66-year-old, one of the greatest tennis players of all time, previously underwent treatment for early-stage breast cancer in 2010 and had been cancer-free ...

Since her retirement from the sport she has become an enthusiastic activist on a range of topics from human rights to environmental issues, and has been a regular and outspoken critic of Donald Trump. Navratilova has also opposed the participation of trans women in women’s sport, presenting a BBC documentary on the topic in 2019. Navratilova had been due to travel to Melbourne for the forthcoming Australian Open to work as a TV pundit. Martina Navratilova said she will “fight with all I have got” after being diagnosed with throat and breast cancers. When it didn’t go down, a biopsy was performed, the results came back as stage one throat cancer. “This double whammy is serious but still fixable, and I’m hoping for a favourable outcome,” she said.

The 18-time Grand Slam singles champion said her prognosis is good.

1 in the WTA rankings. She won 59 Grand Slam titles overall, including 31 in women’s doubles and 10 in mixed doubles. While Navratilova was undergoing tests on her throat, she said, the unrelated breast cancer was discovered.

Former world number one tennis player Martina Navratilova says she has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer.

Greenham said that Navratilova, who now works as tennis presenter on television and radio, will not travel to Melbourne for the Jan. "When it didn't do down, a biopsy was performed, the results came back as Stage 1 throat cancer. "At the same time as Martina was undergoing the tests for the throat, a suspicious form was found in her breast, which was subsequently diagnosed as cancer, completely unrelated to the throat cancer.