MARTINA NAVRATILOVA

Navratilova grew up in the Czech Republic under Communist rule, and said that made her tough. Cancer, however, was the toughest thing she ever had to go through, she said.

Martina Navratilova has returned to TV work at Tennis Channel during its Miami Open coverage.

The actress is now the 18th person -- and third Black woman -- to achieve the honor.

The 66-year-old tennis legend has been diagnosed with early stages of throat and breast cancer. "The prognosis is good," her agent told NPR.

The 66-year-old revealed that she will start treatment this month and said she's prepared to "fight with all [I've] got."

Tennis great Martina Navratilova says she has been diagnosed with throat cancer and breast cancer.

Tennis great Martina Navratilova said Monday that she has been diagnosed with throat cancer and breast cancer. In a statement released by her representative, the 18-time Grand Slam singles champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame said her prognosis is good and she will start treatment this month. “This double whammy is serious but still fixable, and I’m hoping for a favorable outcome," the 66-year-old Navratilova said.

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova was diagnosed with two forms of cancer. she revealed in an interview with the Times. She originally had breast cancer in 2010.

Banning players from Russia and Belarus does more to preserve the tennis tournament as a politics-free zone than support Ukraine’s war effort.

The tennis star announced she was withdrawing from the French Open, candidly opening up about her struggles with depression and social anxiety.

Graf won the match to reach the semifinals of the tournament, where she will meet Chris Evert. One memorable head-to-head rivalry was Steffi Graf vs. Martina Navratilova, who met in three consecutive Wimbledon finals from 1987-89. Graf overpowered Navratilova in the final set to win her second straight womens championship 6-2, 6-7, 6-1 on a history-making day at the All England Club. Last year, Navratilova won the first set and led 2-0 in the second before Graf won 12 of the last 13 games. Trailing 3-1 in the final set, Navratilova had one last chance to get back in the match.

The AP is republishing stories about a handful of such matches while the canceled grass-court Grand Slam tournament was supposed to be played. The following story, about their first meeting in a Wimbledon final, was sent July 7, 1978. But when Evert twice a Wimbledon champion went from 0-2 to 4-2 in the final set, it seemed that her coolness and experience would prevail. That left Navratilova needing only to hold service for the title, and she did it without dropping a point. Evert set a pattern for the tentative match by dropping the opening game in each of the three sets.