“I want to say goodbye to tennis on a court,” Carla Suarez Navarro says it would be a dream to play the Tokyo Olympics 2021
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Carla Suarez Navarro is a former top 10 player in the world. Apart from being a successful singles player, Navarro has also played doubles regularly. She attained a career-high ranking of world number six in the world and has won two titles. In doubles, she has a career high ranking of 11 and has claimed three titles.
The 32 year old began her career in 2008, and reached the quarterfinals in her very first Grandslam at the French Open. She defeated former world number one, Amelie Mauresmo in spite of playing the initial qualifying round matches. Due to unfortunate circumstances, the Spaniard revealed that she was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma back in September, and she faces six months of chemotherapy.
My goal is to be positive: Carla Suarez Navarro
Carla Suarez Navarro is currently undergoing a rehabilitation program and allowing the recovery phase to take it’s course. However, she does remain optimistic of playing at the Tokyo Olympics, 2021.
Recently in an interview, she said, “I have set it as a goal to stay alert, to be positive, to have something there. I want to say goodbye to tennis on a court. It’s a dream, right? But the reality is that I go day by day, week by week.”
“I’m trying to recover, and then it will be seen. I have a protected ranking and I will not be able to play before, so those who will qualify or not will be my teammates, depending on the results they make. It is something that is there, a way that there is light at the end of the tunnel,” she added.
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