Tennis great Martina Navratilova has breast cancer
A. Isaac 
And today, in extremely depressing news, Tennis great Martina Navratilova announced on Good Morning America that she is fighting breast cancer
The day she received her diagnosis was her “personal 9/11,” Navratilova told “GMA” anchor Robin Roberts. “I was devastated.”
In February, the tennis legend was diagnosed with an aggressive form of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), considered the earliest form of breast cancer. Navratilova had a lumpectomy in February, during which her doctors determined that the cancer had not spread to her lymph nodes.
Although I can barely decipher any of the words in that quote, it sounds like a good prognosis. Navratilova, who’s won a record 167 titles worldwide including 18 grand slams was active on the tennis tour as recently as 2006 when she won the mixed doubles title at the U.S Open. Oh yea, she was 49 when that happened.
She’s certainly ranks as one of greatest female tennis players of all-time and even more so, one of the greatest female athletes in general.
Martina Navratilova Fighting Breast Cancer {ABC News}
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