Tennis great Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer, which she described as a “double whammy” to tennis.com Monday. Calling the illnesses “serious but still fixable,” the 18-time Grand Slam singles winner said she was “hoping for a favorable outcome.”
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Updated January 11, 2023 at 10:47 a.m. EST|Published January 3, 2023 at 6:25 p.m. EST