Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has announced that she has been diagnosed with double cancer, throat and breast, in the first stage.
"It's a serious double whammy, but still solvable," she told the WTA website.
"I hope for a favorable outcome. It will be difficult for a while, but I will fight with all the strength I have".
Navratilova, born in Czechoslovakia and naturalized American, won 59 Grand Slams in her career;
She's faced and defeated cancer before.
In 2010, at the age of 53, she was diagnosed with her first breast cancer.
"When they told me, I cried for 15 seconds. Then I said to the doctor: ok, now what do we do?".
Navratilova recovered, then last November a large lymph node in her throat prompted her for a checkup.
Hence her diagnosis.
In particular, breast cancer is a human papillomavirus (HPV), one of the most curable cancers.
Navratilova has announced that she will not be working as a commentator on the Tennis Channel for the upcoming Australian Open, and will begin treatment treatments in New York very soon.
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