Martina Navratilova reveals she is 'cancer-free', Billie Jean King reacts - 'Such wonderful news'

Billie Jean King has given her reaction to the «wonderful news» that fellow women's tennis legend Martina Navratilova is «cancer-free». Navratilova had been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer and disclosed in the interview that she was in remission, having received treatment for stage one of the disease back in January. Ad The 66-year-old, who won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 major women's doubles titles and 10 major mixed doubles titles, said she «should be good to go” after more preventive radiation.

ATP MiamiMurray to face Lajovic in Miami opener, could meet Alcaraz in third round18 HOURS AGO Navratilova, the most successful women's player in the Open era with 59 major titles, told Piers Morgan on TalkTV in an interview that is to be broadcast on Tuesday: „As far as they know I'm cancer-free. “I was in a total panic for three days thinking I may not see next Christmas. »I noticed that my left lymph node was enlarged and I thought it was from a shingles vaccine I’d had a week before.

But then a couple of weeks on, it didn’t go down so I called the doctor. «The bucket list came into my mind of all the things I wanted to do, and this may sound really shallow, but I was like, okay, ‘which kick-ass car do I really want to drive if I live like a year?’” A delighted King wrote in a social media post: „Such wonderful news from my dear friend, ⁦Martina. We are so happy for you!“ Navratilova previously underwent treatment for early-stage breast cancer in 2010 and she told Morgan how the radiation treatment and chemotherapy amounted to „definitely the hardest thing I've ever done“.