Former number one in world tennis Martina Navratilova announced on Monday, January 2, that suffering throat and breast cancer discovered after undergoing tests for a lymph node in his neck last November. “This double whammy is serious, but it has a solution,” said the 66-year-old WTA athlete.

At 66, the former Czech-American player will have to face the disease for the second time, after In 2010, she overcame breast cancer with the help of radiation therapy..

The Czech-American is considered one of the best players of all time, with 59 Grand Slam titles in singles and doubles.

For his part, the representative of the tennis player explained that “both types of cancer are in the early stages”, which can help in the treatment. “The prognosis is good and Martina will start treatment this month.”, he clarified.

In his statement Navratilova’s press secretary indicated that it was HPV cancer and that it was “very well” treatable. Martina noticed an enlarged lymph node in her neck during the WTA Finals in Fort Worth. In the absence of remission, a biopsy was performed, and as a result, stage 1 throat cancer was discovered, ”he admitted.

While conducting this test, the doctors simultaneously found a “suspicious shape” in the breast, which has “no connection” with another cancer.

“I hope for a favorable result. For a while it will be very disturbing, but I will fight with all my might,” the tennis player admitted.