Navratilova’s life has been a series of challenges and triumphs, on and off the court. The fact that her non-tennis challenges are mentioned alongside her astonishing athletic accomplishments speaks to their gravity. This is, after all, a 59-time Grand Slam champion across singles, doubles and mixed events, and a top-level competitor from the mid-1970s to the mid-2000s. (In her very last tournament, the 2006 US Open, Navratilova won the mixed doubles tournament with Bob Bryan.)
There was her defection from Czechoslovakia to the United States, after her semifinal loss at the 1975 US Open. Even in defeat, Navratilova managed a victory.
“I had no idea what a splash it would be,” she would say later, remembering that era of famous Cold War defectors. “After Baryshnikov, there was Navratilova.”
There was her being outed as gay in 1981. As Johnette Howard, biographer of Navratilova and Chris Evert, wrote 30 years later on the WTA’s website, “…once she was outed, people wanted her to keep quiet, stay closeted, not reveal her true self. She refused to be cowed then, or since.”
Navratilova will contend with this latest challenge in her own, unique way—but with the support of untold numbers of cancer survivors, legions of fans and, of course, her loving family and friends. That includes her extended family at Tennis Channel, where her nonpareil analysis of the sport has been featured since 2007 (the year of the network began broadcasting Grand Slam tournaments). While Navratilova won’t cover the upcoming Australian Open in studio, she hopes to join the team via video conferencing from time to time.
Even in absence, Navratilova will remain a presence.
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