The Spanish Carla Suarez Navarro, 71e world player, suffers from Hodgkin lymphoma and needs to be treated for six months with chemotherapy.
Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro, who had withdrawn from the US Open for medical reasons, announced Tuesday that she was suffering from Hodgkin lymphoma which will require her to undergo six months of chemotherapy.
“Hello everyone, I want to let you know that a few days ago the doctors diagnosed me with lymphoma. Hodgkin’s lymphoma which requires six months of chemotherapy,” the 31-year-old said in a video posted on her Twitter account and showing her sitting on a hospital bed.
“I feel good, I am calm and I am ready to face what awaits me. Hi everyone,” she concludes.
Suarez Navarro: “He is not the easiest rival to face”
The video is nevertheless accompanied by a more serious text. “I have to face a heavy reality. I have to accept it and try to get out of it by trusting the doctors (…) Patience and self-confidence have guided me throughout my career. “He’s not the easiest rival to face. I really have to be at my best,” she wrote half in Spanish, half in English.
Currently 71st in the world, Suarez Navarro had announced that she would retire at the end of the 2020 season. But on August 24, she posted a photo of herself on Twitter to announce her withdrawal from the US Open which began Monday.
“Unfortunately, I had to withdraw from the US Open for health reasons. I am not fit to play at the moment,” she wrote without giving details of what she was suffering from. In her career, she won two titles on the WTA Tour and reached 6th place in the world in 2016.
Me toca afrontar una realidad complicada. Toca aceptarlo e intentar salir adelante confiando en el consejo medico. Siempre con positivismo ante the adversidad. ????Patience and self-belief guided me through my career. Not the easiest rival to deal with. I’ll need my truly best. pic.twitter.com/lF9oVChWRh
– Carla Suárez Navarro (@CarlaSuarezNava) September 1, 2020
