MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA), 15 Ene. (dpa/EP) –
The former American tennis player Chris Evert, winner of eighteen ‘Grand Slam’ titles, revealed this Saturday that she has ovarian cancer and that she has started chemotherapy treatment.
“I wanted to share my stage 1 ovarian cancer diagnosis and the story behind it as a way to help others. I feel so lucky that it was caught early and I look forward to positive results from my chemotherapy treatment,” Evert announced on your official profile of the social network Twitter.
His little sister, also a former tennis player Jeanne Evert Dubin, died at the age of 62 in February 2020 as a result of ovarian cancer.
Evert, 67, topped the WTA rankings for 260 weeks at the height of her career in the 1970s and 1980s. Among his 157 titles he has seven Roland Garros (1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985 and 1986), two Australian Open (1982 and 1984), three Wimbledon (1974, 1976 and 1981) and six US Open (1975 , 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980 and 1982).