Martina Navratilova recovered from cancer: “It was the hardest challenge of my life”

The champion of women’s tennis, Martina Navratilova, nine-time Wimbledon winner, has announced that she has recovered from double cancer, breast and throat, announced last January. The good news came during an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan.

Navratilova, 66, had said on social media that the new diagnosis (she had already defeated another tumor 13 years ago) had come after the discovery of an enlarged lymph node in her neck. The victory against the disease was confirmed by the doctors who treated her: “Initially I panicked for three consecutive days because I thought I wouldn’t get to celebrate next Christmas”. She then her confession: “The treatment to defeat cancer is certainly the most difficult challenge I have ever faced in my life”.