Tennislegendaren Chris Evert drabbad av cancer
Tennislegendaren Chris Evert har drabbats av cancer i äggstockarna. Det säger 67-åringen i en intervju med ESPN, som är hennes nuvarande arbetsgivare.
”Jag är väldigt tacksam över att det upptäcktes i ett tidigt stadium och jag har fått positiva resultat från min behandling”, uppger hon i ett uttalande på Twitter.
Evert beskrivs som en av tennishistoriens bästa spelare. Hon har vunnit totalt 157 titlar, varav 18 grand slam-segrar.
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Chris Evert
Wikipedia (en)
Christine Marie Evert (born December 21, 1954), known as Chris Evert Lloyd from 1979 to 1987, is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships and three doubles titles. She was the year-end world no. 1 singles player seven times (1974–78, 1980, 1981). Overall, Evert won 157 singles titles and 32 doubles titles.
Evert reached 34 Grand Slam singles finals, more than any other player in the history of professional tennis. She holds the record of most consecutive years (13) of winning at least one Major title. In singles, Evert reached the semifinals or better in 52 of the 56 Grand Slams she played, including the semifinals or better of 34 consecutive Grand Slams entered from the 1971 US Open through the 1983 French Open. Evert never lost in the first or second round of a Grand Slam singles tournament and lost in the third round only twice. In Grand Slam women's singles play, Evert won a record seven titles at the French Open and a co-record six championships at the US Open (tied with Serena Williams).
Evert's career winning percentage in singles matches of 90.00% (1309–146) is the highest in the history of tennis, for men or women. On clay courts, her career winning percentage in singles matches of 94.55% (382–22) remains a WTA record.
Evert served as president of the Women's Tennis Association for eleven calendar years, 1975–76 and 1983–91. She was awarded the Philippe Chatrier award and inducted into the Hall of Fame. In later life, Evert was a coach and is now an analyst for ESPN, and has a line of tennis and active apparel.
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