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Carla Suárez Navarro thought she had COVID, but it turned out she had cancer
When Spanish player Carla Suárez Navarro had stomach pains and sickness last summer she suspected it was COVID-19.
Key points:
- Former world number six Carla Suárez Navarro had decided to retire before her diagnosis
- Suárez Navarro now hopes to compete in the Tokyo Olympics
- Suárez Navarro said reading and painting helped her pass the time
After tests, however, the news was far worse than she had imagined as she was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer, and would need months of chemotherapy.
The former world number six, known for one of the best backhands in tennis, had already decided earlier in the year to retire, but this was not how she wanted to bow out.
A few months since that anxious September news she has made a strong…
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