Navratilova was diagnosed with stage 1 throat cancer and breast cancer

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

This double fault is serious, but still fixable, the 66-year-old said in a statement. I hope for a favorable outcome. It stinks for a while, but I’m fighting with everything I’ve got.

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

She underwent testing after discovering an enlarged lymph node in her neck during the WTA Finals in Fort Worth in November. That’s when doctors discovered stage 1 throat cancer and later stage 1 breast cancer. More specifically, it’s human papillomavirus (HPV), one of the more treatable cancers.

Navratilova will not participate in the upcoming Australian Open for Tennis Channel, but hopes to organize Zoom appearances in the near future.

Navratilova told her good friend Pam Shriver several weeks ago before the public announcement.

You look at your skills as an athlete, to compete, Shriver said from his home in California, and in his case, to compete and be the best without leaving any stone unturned — in terms of figuring things out, researching and understanding things. together the best team. He was one of the first in tennis to have a team. Some of these qualities will serve him well once again.

Shriver, an analyst for Tennis Channel and ESPN, won 79 doubles titles with Navratilova, including 21 majors.

You have to put together a pretty collaborative medical approach, and there’s no doubt that the shell put together the best team, Shriver said. And that gives us all great reassurance. And the way he competes, how he trusts your ability to roll up your sleeves and compete.

In 2010, at the age of 53, when Navratilova was first diagnosed with breast cancer, she cried for about 15 seconds and then asked her doctor: OK, what do we do? What is the next step?

This time the prognosis is said to be good and his treatments will begin next week, mainly in New York.