Carla Suarez Navarro begins an emotional final French Open on Tuesday, less than a year after she was diagnosed with cancer. The popular S...
Carla Suarez Navarro begins an emotional final French Open on Tuesday, less than a year after she was diagnosed with cancer.
The popular Spaniard, a former world No 6 and two-time quarter-finalist in Paris, was told in September 2020 that she was suffering with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
But almost nine months later, and after gruelling sessions of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the 32-year-old is fit, healthy and ready to face former US Open champion Sloane Stephens for a place in the second round.
“I enjoy every day, enjoy the moments on the court. And try to enjoy these last months on the tennis circuit together with my tennis family as I think I have done these years,” said Suarez Navarro, a winner of two WTA titles.
She hasn’t played a match since she faced former two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova in Doha in February last year.
The moment I was waiting for, fighting and working to get here.
— Carla Suárez Navarro (@CarlaSuarezNava) May 31, 2021
That time is tomorrow.
A demain, Paris ❤️ pic.twitter.com/3yyM8bv2l9
“As a person, she has always been one of the most sympathetic girls on the tour. Pretty humble, down to earth,” said Kvitova. “I saw her in Madrid and in the situation I didn’t really know what to do. I said, Carla, can I...
