A report said the winner of 18 Grand Slam singles titles would begin six weeks of radiation therapy in May following minor invasive surgery called a lumpectomy and the prognosis for survival was extremely good. She was diagnosed with a non-invasive form of breast cancer, the report said, called ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, which in her case had not spread to the breast tissue.
Martina Navratilova recently proposed to her longtime girlfriend Julia Lemigova at U.S. Open tennis championship.
Martina Navratilova has stepped down as coach to world number nine Agnieszka Radwanska after a brief five-month stint with the Polish tennis player.
Tennis icon Venus Williams wed Italian model-actor Andrea Preti in Palm Beach, Florida.
Elena Rybakina put on a brilliant performance to defeat favourite Aryna Sabalenka 64, 46, 64 and lift her first Australian Open trophy.
The 47-year-old tennis legend will become the oldest player in Federation Cup history this week.
World number one Aryna Sabalenka said it would be unfair for women to face "biological men" in professional tennis.
Martina Navratilova said she is cancer-free nearly four months after announcing she had been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer.
Women's World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka will take on Australian maverick Nick Kyrgios in a 'Battle of the Sexes' exhibition match in Dubai on December 28, organisers announced on Tuesday.
Czech-born Navratilova, who became a US citizen in 1981, was also diagnosed and beat breast cancer back in 2010.
Aryna Sabalenka exemplified consistency in 2025 and arrives for the November 1-8 tournament having retained her US Open title in September, after finishing runner-up to Madison Keys at the Australian Open and Coco Gauff at Roland Garros.
Agnieszka Radwanska has added 18 time Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova to her coach staff.
When two champions of tennis share their knowledge of the sport they most love and excel, everyone is keyed in. That is exactly what happened on Wednesday evening when Indian ace Sania Mirza hosted the legendary Martina Navratilova at a tennis 'Masterclass' in Hyderabad.
The seven-times Grand Slam singles champion is the oldest WTA singles match-winner since a 47-year-old Martina Navratilova won at Wimbledon in 2004.
Tennis ace Martina Navratilova has married her long-term partner Julia Lemigova in New York.
Trump's return to the US Open bore an uncanny resemblance to his last trip. In 2015, Trump was booed after leaving a match between the Williams sisters, Serena and Venus.
Venus Williams confirmed her engagement to Italian model and actor Andrea Preti.
Seven-times champion Novak Djokovic scored his 100th match win at Wimbledon and led the march of the old guard into the last 16 on Saturday while an ailing Barbora Krejcikova's title defence ended in defeat and tears.
American Serena Williams has also said that the dropouts will not take the shine off a potential record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title for her.
The pair beat Chris Haggard of South Africa and Emilie Loit of France in their first round mixed doubles match at the Australian Open.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis ended their dream run of 2015 on a high, winning their ninth women's doubles title, in Singapore, on Sunday.
The former world number one creates abstracts paintings by hitting paint-covered balls on to against clay and grass-coated canvases in a technique she refers to as "tennising".
Ten years after winning their first Grand Slam titles (Australian Open and Wimbledon) together in 2003, Leander Paes and Martina Navratilova met in Mumbai and shared memories on what made them a winning pair on court and great friends off it.
The defending champions lost to Serbian Nenad Zimonjic and Russian Elena Bovina 6-1 7-6 in 69 minutes.
The defending champions will take on Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and Elena Bovina of Russia in the mixed doubles final.
The 47-year-old nine times champion easily beat Catalina Castano in the first round at Wimbledon.\n\n
At the age of 47, the former Czech will play doubles under an American flag in the semi-finals of the Fed Cup.
The 47-year-old lost to Claudine Schaul of Luxembourg 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 in the first round of the tournament after getting a wild card.
The US may have lost to France in the Fed Cup, but the 18-times singles Grand Slam champion took her personal record in event to an incredible 39 wins and no losses.
The 47-year-old former champion was whipped by Gisela Dulko of Argentina in the first round at the French Open.
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova, on Friday, described multiple Grand Slam winner Leander Paes as her 'favourite' mixed doubles partner.
Martina Navratilova is set to retire just a month short of her 50th birthday.
Separated in age by 25 years, their careers overlapped only briefly and Martina Navratilova, who herself won 18 Grand Slam singles crowns, never faced Serena Williams on a singles court.
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